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Videonun Marianne Bachmeier’nın 7 yaşındaki kızının katilini öldürdüğü anı gösterdiği iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Doğrula
Video shows IPS officer Ashish Tiwari of the UP Police assaulting a woman
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video does not show UP IPS officer Ashish Tiwari. The review identifies the man as suspended Punjab police AIG Ashish Kapoor, and says the video shows him slapping a woman at Zirakpur police station in Punjab.
Personas en diferentes lugares de Santiago de Chile han colocado estos letreros advirtiendo linchamientos a delincuentes.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
20,000 extra police officers on our streets
Publisher’s rating: Since 2010, when the Conservatives came to power in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, the number of police officers has risen by fewer than 3,200. However, during the last election in 2019, the Conservative Government pledged to add 20,000 police officers to the workforce across the country, an ambition which has been achieved as levels had fallen in the preceding nine years.
ആര്ഷോക്കെതിരെ വനിത നേതാവ് പീഡന പരാതി നല്കിയെന്ന് ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ് ന്യൂസിന്റെ ന്യൂസ് കാര്ഡ്
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The International Criminal Court is the investigative body of the United Nations.
Publisher’s rating: False
This is the twitter handle of CISF constable who attacked Kangana Ranaut
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Die Bundesregierung sieht keinen gesetzlichen Handlungsbedarf nach der tödlichen Messer-Attacke auf einen Polizisten in Mannheim.
Publisher’s rating: Der Clip ist zusammengesetzt. Bei der Frage der Journalistin geht es um eine mögliche Verschärfung der Waffengesetze. Darauf antwortet der Ministeriumssprecher. Die Bundesregierung will aus dem Angriff eines Flüchtlings in Mannheim durchaus Konsequenzen ziehen - etwa mit Blick auf Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan.
A Hindu man was shot dead by a Muslim in front of his children in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh after the I.N.D.I.A. bloc won majority seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the shooting followed an old rivalry and that the victim and accused belonged to the same community. It says police confirmed there was no communal angle.
Il y a un procès en cours contre Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Publisher’s rating: Non, l'ex-conseiller médical en chef de la Maison Blanche n'est pas poursuivi par la justice. Le 3 juin dernier, il a été interrogé comme témoin devant la sous-commission de la Chambre des représentants américaine qui enquête sur la pandémie.
“Aprovei projeto na Comissão de Segurança para que a polícia municipal possa abordar com base na fundada suspeita”
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro
هل كف يد القاضية غادة عون عن الملفات القضائية التي تحقق فيها يدخل ضمن صلاحية النائب العام التمييزي؟
Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح
The review concludes that the Tammizi Public Prosecutor could issue instructions and warn public prosecutors, but lacked authority to suspend Aoun or remove her powers. It says suspension was within the Justice Minister’s authority, following a proposal from the Judicial Inspection Authority.
The Supreme Court has ordered the imprisonment of disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
This video shows a Dalit man being thrashed to death in Rajasthan by Muslims.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY says the video shows Rameshwar Valmiki being killed in Baloda village, Jhunjhunu District, on 14 May 2024. It reports that police and the FIR identified no Muslim among the accused; the main accused were Dalits.
वीडियो में मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों को एक दलित युवक की पीट-पीटकर हत्या करते हुए दिखाया गया है.
Publisher’s rating: False
“Nós elevamos o nosso efetivo para 7.099 guardas metropolitanos”
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro
Kinderpornografie wird in Deutschland entkriminalisiert.
Publisher’s rating: Die Behauptung der Entkriminalisierung ist falsch. Kinderpornografie kann in Deutschland auch weiterhin mit bis zu zehn Jahren Freiheitsentzug bestraft werden.
The review says the 2024 change lowered minimum sentences for some child-pornography offenses but did not decriminalize them. It reports that the maximum sentence remains ten years.
గాడ్సేకి మరణశిక్ష విధించిన జస్టిస్ ఖోస్లా, తన పుస్తకంలో ఈ నిర్ణయం పట్ల తన పుస్తకంలో విచారం వ్యక్తం చేసారు.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Dieses Video zeigt eine Szene in Mannheim nach dem Messerangriff.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Das Video ist weder aktuell noch hat es etwas mit dem Messerangriff in Mannheim zu tun. Der Clip kursiert schon seit mindestens Ende Mai 2023. Die Aufnahmen wurden damals im Zusammenhang mit der Stichwahl um das türkische Präsidentenamt verbreitet.
The video does show a street in Mannheim, but it is not footage of the knife attack. The review says it was posted on TikTok on May 30, 2023, and linked to clashes after Turkey’s presidential runoff.
