UN GATE, June 21 – The UN's retaliation is not limited to banning Inner City Press that Secretary General Antonio Guterres doesn't like - he also fired and penalizes UN staff who dare speak out about the Organization's abuses.

On June 16, a week before a documentary on the topic that includes leaked audio first published by Inner City Press, Inner City Press asked UN Spokespeople Stephane Dujarric, Farhan Haq and Melissa Fleming:

"What are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on the BBC piece about UN whistleblowers being retaliated against, set for worldwide view on June 21 but presumably already in the SG's awareness? See this."

No answer from the UN. Instead, they arranged for a colloquy about a useless "hot line" with pro-UN Qatar state media, which asked about Guterres now acting on these "new" cases of sexual misconduct. But the hands down the pants happened long ago, and was exposed by Inner City Press - and the audio used without credit in the documentary shows Guterres covered it up.

While Team Guterres has not answered Inner City Press, on June 20 BBC World tweeted, "The BBC was handed a secret recording of Ben Swanson, staff had come to him in tears describing how an assistant secretary general had put his hand down her trousers."

HANDED? Inner City Press exclusively...