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War & conflict fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about war & conflict. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

5,848 published reviews in this topic

YouturnWar & conflict

பெல்ட் குண்டுகளால் பார்வையை இழந்த காஷ்மீர் பெண். அவரின் சகோதரன், தந்தை, தாய் ஆகியோர் இரக்கமற்று கொல்லப்பட்டனர். அவரின் சகோதரி இந்திய ராணுவத்தால் பாலியல் வன்கொடுமை செய்யப்பட்டார். தற்பொழுது ஸ்ரீநகர் தெருக்களில் பிச்சை எடுத்து வருகிறார். மனித நேயம் எங்கே ?

Publisher’s rating: Sarcasm

FACTLYWar & conflict

India Army beating Kashmiris after the abrogation of special provisions under Article 370.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video presented as showing the Indian Army beating Kashmiris after the abrogation of special provisions under Article 370. FACTLY examined the video described in its review as Post 4. It notes that the post’s description did not specify when the video was recorded, although the post was shared after Amit Shah’s statement in the Rajya Sabha. To check the video’s provenance, FACTLY says it ran screenshots through Google Reverse Image Search. The search located the video in an article published by The Indian Express in April 2017. On that basis, the review concluded that old footage had been reposted to make it appear to show a recent incident. The evidence addresses the specific video in the claim: its reported appearance in an earlier article contradicts the presentation of it as footage from after the Article 370 change.

The QuintWar & conflict

A viral video on Facebook claims that the Indian Army has been setting fire to houses in Jammu and Kashmir afer the effective revocation of Article 370.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review checks a Facebook video that purported to show many houses burning in Bandipora, Kashmir, and that accused the Indian Army of setting the fires after the effective revocation of Article 370. It reports that the clip had been posted by a Facebook page called “Free Indian Occupied Kashmir” and had also circulated earlier in 2019 with the same allegation. The review’s central finding is that the footage was from a fire in 2018, not a new incident during the Kashmir crisis, and that the fire was not attributed to the Army. To trace the footage, the investigators searched Facebook and found earlier shares of the same clip. They then looked for reports of fires in Kashmir that had destroyed houses. A Greater Kashmir report about a fire in Uri described four houses being gutted and included photographs that resembled the video. The review also says a YouTube search for “Uri fire four houses gutted” led to footage of the same incident filmed from another angle. This comparison links the viral clip to the Uri fire rather than establishing that it showed a fresh event in Bandipora. For the cause, the review cites a Kashmir Life report saying a spark in a cowshed ignited hay, and the fire spread from one house to others. It also notes that the area had only one fire tender serving many villages. Taken together, the review’s account identifies an older Uri fire and a reported accidental cause; it provides no evidence that the Army set the houses alight. The video’s Kashmir setting was therefore used to imply a recent military act that the investigation’s provenance and incident reporting did not support.

FACTLYWar & conflict

Kashmiris took street in Jammu and Kashmir to liberate their land from India.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a recent mass protest in Jammu and Kashmir, with hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris taking to the streets to liberate their land from India. FACTLY investigated the procession shown in that video, rather than assessing a separate event. Its review identifies the gathering as a funeral procession for two Kashmiri youths killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces, and dates the procession to December 2018. To investigate the video’s origin, FACTLY says it ran screenshots through Yandex Reverse Image Search. That search returned a YouTube video uploaded by “U TV Viral” in December 2018, titled “Two Teenage Kashmiri Rebels Were Killed Yesterday | Kashmiri women take out a procession.” The title and upload timing connect the circulated footage to an earlier procession, not to the claimed recent protest. FACTLY also reports finding newspaper coverage by searching Google for the description beneath the YouTube video. It quotes an AP News caption identifying the event as the joint funeral of teenage rebels Saqib Bilal Sheikh and Mudasir Rashid Parray in Hajin village, north of Srinagar, on December 10, 2018. Together, the video-search findings and the cited event details support the review’s conclusion that funeral footage was being shared with a misleading description as a recent protest.

FACTLYWar & conflict

Indian Army burning the Kashmiri people houses at Bandipora.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a video presented as showing the Indian Army burning Kashmiri residents’ houses at Bandipora, and as depicting a recent event. FACTLY’s investigation concluded that the video showed houses damaged in a fire at Lachipora, in Uri, rather than an Army operation at Bandipora. It reported that the fire had occurred the previous year and that the event was not recent when the post circulated. To trace the footage, the review says it divided the video into keyframes and used reverse image search. That search found a similar video uploaded by ATV News Kashmir in March 2018, described as showing four residential houses gutted in a fire at Lachipora Uri. The review then searched using terms from that description and found reporting about the fire. FACTLY says the reports it found did not indicate Indian Army involvement and placed the incident at Lachipora, not Bandipora. Its conclusion is therefore that the footage was misrepresented both as to who burned the houses and where and when the incident occurred.

FACTLYWar & conflict

live encounter of terrorists in Kashmir

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post presented footage as a live encounter with terrorists in Kashmir and as showing the situation then prevailing there. FACTLY’s review examined that specific video and identified it as older footage of Indian Army search operations in the Kashmir Valley, rather than a live encounter. The review says the footage was from a video about how the Army carries out search operations in the valley. To check the video’s provenance, the review notes its “DD News” logo and reports finding the same video on YouTube under the title “Know how Indian Army carries out search operations in Kashmir valley (Hindi).” It says the YouTube upload timestamp was October 25, 2016. That provenance supports the review’s conclusion that the footage was not live footage of the encounter claimed in the post.