michael adams wrote
Jim Ericsson wrote

The BBC News website has done surprisingly little to highlight the Qatar
blockade, apparently journalistic freedom isn't important to the BBC.

Press freedom aside, I'd imagine many people, the BBC included are more
likely concerned with rather more troubling aspects of Qatari life

And yet you havent actually been able to cite any comments
by the BBC on this undoubted important point about Qatar.

quote

The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several
non-governmental organizations. Sharia law is the main source
of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's constitution.[1][2]
Flogging and stoning as forms of punishment are legal in Qatar due to
Sharia law.

According to Human Rights Watch in June 2012, hundreds of thousands
of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk
serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labor.[3]

/quote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar

None of which has exactly been a secret, and has been widely reported
ever since Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

Not by the BBC.