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CBI raid on former NDTV promoter Prannoy Roy revealed his real name, Karachi origins, and other secrets.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says there are no credible reports confirming that the raid revealed Roy’s alleged real name, Karachi origins, or other secrets. It also reports that the CBI press release about the searches did not mention those allegations.
ముస్లిం అబ్బాయిలు హిందూ అమ్మాయిలను కిడ్నాప్ చేసి బంధించినట్లు చూపిస్తున్న వీడియో.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
هل طالبت منظمة العفو الدولية بفتح تحقيق في قضية تعذيب الساعدي القذافي؟
Publisher’s rating: زائف جزئيًا
The review says Amnesty International called for a comprehensive investigation in response to leaked videos in August 2015. It says Saadi Gaddafi reposted the old statement on X on December 14, 2024, without indicating its date, making it appear to some as a new statement.
A video shows a man and a woman arriving at a petrol station, the woman busy on a phone call boards another man’s bike and rides away with him.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video is scripted, not a real incident. FACTLY reports that the original video was uploaded by actress Sanjjanaa Galrani on 26 October 2024 and included a disclaimer describing the page’s videos as fictional.
"Innerhalb von 24 Stunden wurden in #Damaskus 2 Wissenschaftler gezielt ermordet. Hinrichtungen per Kopfschuss." Die "Nuklearmikrobiologin Zahra al-Homsiyeh" soll tot in ihrem Haus aufgefunden worden sein, am Tag davor sei bereits der "Chemiker Hamdi Ismail Nada" ermordet worden.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Wissenschaftler waren nicht in Syrien und wurden auch nicht ermordet.
Police punished a Mulsim man for mocking a cow in Uttar Pradesh.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the viral post combines three separate incidents and found no reports confirming the arrest of the man shown mocking a cow. It also says the man’s identity and religion could not be independently verified.
Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro is facing a disbarment case filed by former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Publisher’s rating: False
(Imagen) Tras el arresto de Luigi Mangione, Burger King publicó “Nosotros no delatamos”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
বিহাৰৰ পুৰ্ণিয়াত এমাহ পূৰ্বে সংঘটিত হোৱা আত্মহত্যাৰ ঘটনাৰ ভিডিঅ’ বাংলাদেশৰ মৈমনসিং-গিৰিপুৰত হিন্দু মহিলাক ধৰ্ষণ আৰু শিশু হত্যা বুলি দাবী কৰি প্ৰচাৰ কৰা হৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo traced the video to a suicide incident in Purnia, Bihar, rather than an attack in Bangladesh. Its review says local reports identified the woman and her three children and described the incident as a suicide following a dispute with her husband.
Policemen destroying CCTV footage to erase evidence of 2024 Sambhal violence.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that reverse image searches found the video in news uploads from 26 February 2020, describing police destroying CCTV cameras in Delhi’s Khureji Khas during the CAA protests. The review says the footage has no connection to the 2024 Sambhal violence.
Поляки избили подростка из Беларуси из-за национальности.
Publisher’s rating: Конфликт, в котором пострадал беларус, инициировал, по словам отца парня, чеченец
"At first glance, one would think this is a scene from a horror movie?! But in fact, it is Sidnaya prison in Damascus."
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: False. The widely circulating image does not show a Saydnaya prisoner. It's a reconstruction of a cell commonly known as a tiger cage in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
"This is one of the prisoners from Saydnaya Prison. A man is surprised to see a human face because some despicable person put him underground and decided to forget him in the hole," reads the post on X with picture of a seemingly shocked man getting out from a hole in the ground.
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake. The image doesn't show a detainee of Saydnaya Prison. It's a still from an AI-generated video.
Photo shows a prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the viral photo shows a prisoner model at the War Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, not a real prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria. It says the image matched photos of the museum and visuals in a 2017 video. ([S1](https://factly.in/a-photo-of-a-prisoner-model-at-the-war-remnants-museum-in-vietnam-is-falsely-shared-as-that-of-syrias-sednaya-prison/))