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Crime & justice fact checks

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

6,831 published reviews in this topic

dpaCrime & justice

Nike verklagt die AfD.

Publisher’s rating: Der Sportschuhhersteller Nike hat keine Klage gegen die AfD wegen Markenrechtsverletzungen eingereicht. Allerdings unterbindet Nike die Personalisierung seiner Sportschuhe mit dem Schriftzug «AfD».

The review says there is no evidence that Nike sued the AfD; the claim recycles a satire article that has circulated since 2014. Nike did restrict personalization of its shoes to prevent the letters “AFD” from being placed on them.

dpaCrime & justice

Das Plakat zeigt die Fahnung nach einem Mann, der in Bielefeld eine Elfjährige vergewaltigt hat.

Publisher’s rating: Das Plakat ist falsch, aktuell gibt es keinen solchen Fall in Bielefeld. Jemand hat das Foto des Mannes zusammen mit der Beschreibung eines 10 Jahre alten Verbrechens verbreitet. Die Polizei ermittelt nun gegen den oder die Verfasser der Fälschung.

The poster is fake: police said there was no such case or wanted notice in Bielefeld-Baumheide, and the pictured man was not connected to such a crime. The poster reused the description of a real crime from November 2012; police are investigating the forgery.

youturnCrime & justice

An incident has come to light from Pakistan which has shaken the whole world Rana Sikandar Hayat, Education Minister in the Maryam Nawaz government in Pakistan's Punjab province, went to a couple's house and stripped a girl and raped her in front of the camera. The crime of that girl and her partner was that they had protested against the rape of a girl in Lahore University Now you can imagine that when a Pakistani minister can rape a Muslim woman openly in front of the camera, then what would these people of Pakistan do to Hindus?

Publisher’s rating: false

youturnCrime & justice

Ram Gopal Mishra was given brutal torture before being killed; a postmortem report confirms his painful death

Publisher’s rating: misleading

Research from related reporting says the court judgment described Mishra’s body as riddled with bullets and noted that his nails came off, but did not accept claims of electric shocks, sword attacks, or deliberate removal of his toenails. The reporting says police had refuted those exaggerated torture claims and stated that bullet wounds caused his death.

PA MediaCrime & justice

A widely seen thread on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, claimed that “a man was convicted for standing still, silently praying, in England”. Other posts about the same court case said the man had been “literally convicted of thoughtcrime” and asserting “silent prayer is now considered a crime”.

Publisher’s rating: Adam Smith-Connor, 51, was convicted at Poole Magistrates’ Court for breaching the safe zone around an abortion centre. He attested that he had been engaging in silent prayer as a vigil for his unborn son following an abortion procedure 22 years ago. The conviction was not related to Mr Smith-Connor’s thoughts while he was in the safe zone.