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Checked by Youturn17 Feb 2023India Crime and security

gautam chawat

“Meerut Breaking………. Lesson to the predator on attempting rape The woman bitten the lip of the accused caught the woman and kissed her Attack on a woman cutting grass in the field Police arrested the accused The name of the accused is Mohammad Israr”

Youturn rated this: Misleading

Checked by PolitiFact17 Feb 2023United States Crime and security

Occupy Democrats, a liberal advocacy group

“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The Obama administration adopted a rule requiring high-hazard cargo trains to have electronic brakes by 2023. Trump later repealed that rule. However, this rule would not have applied to the train that derailed in Ohio.

Checked by Fact Crescendo15 Feb 2023India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Claim: animation video shared as us air force shooting down Chinese spy balloon”

Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: FALSE

Checked by Youturn15 Feb 2023India Crime and security

Manoj Singh

“Hindu child brutally murdered in Bangladesh!! Mohammad Sohail and his friends together killed Nirob Mandal, a Hindu school boy.”

Youturn rated this: Misleading

Checked by Youturn15 Feb 2023India Crime and security

Khalid Umar

“Will @BBC show this ? NEVER ! Waris Issa,A Christian arrested on blasphemy charges in Nankana Sahib of Pakistan. Islamic mob attacked Police station, dragged him out on streets & set him on the FIRE with slogan of Allah-o-Akbar. Pak is HELL for MINORITIES 😡 @UNHumanRights”

Youturn rated this: Fake

Checked by FACTLY14 Feb 2023India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Journalist Deepak Chaurasia was recently arrested on the charges of raping a 9-year-old girl”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: Lately, the POCSO court in Gurugram issued an arrest warrant against Deepak Chaurasia in a 2013 case for allegedly airing morphed and tampered videos of a 10-year-old girl and her family and linking the same to a sexual…

Checked by FactCheck.org14 Feb 2023United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“Michigan State University SHOOTING SUSPECT is 21 year old 'Lynn Dee Walker.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Police said the suspect in the mass shooting in Michigan was Anthony Dwayne McRae, who killed himself. But an internet hoax used the photo of another man and falsely claimed that the suspect was named “Lynn Dee Walker.”

Checked by Youturn10 Feb 2023India Crime and security

ADV. ASHUTOSH J. DUBEY 🇮🇳

“Hindenburg: three obscure facts There are three criminal inquiries into it in the US. Due to their fraud methods, their bank accounts were frozen for an extended period of time. Any reports regarding firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange are illegal to be published.”

Youturn rated this: Misleading

Checked by Vera Files8 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, Senator

“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over drug-related killings in the country during the Duterte administration.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The Philippines is still not cleared of its obligations for incidents that occurred during its membership from November 2011 to March 17, 2019, according to Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the treaty that …

Checked by Vera Files8 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video shows the arrest of the suspect in the slay of migrant Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files7 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Jesus Crispin Remulla, Justice Secretary

“Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla dares the International Criminal Court to "show us the pattern so that we can pick up from what their theory is.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Remulla failed to mention that as early as September 2021, the Pre-Trial Chamber I, a judicial branch of the ICC, had listed five "considerations" in identifying the existence of systematic and widespread killings in th…

Checked by Vera Files7 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa

“The International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction over the drug-related killings in the Philippines since it has ceased to become a member of the Netherlands-based tribunal.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Article 127 paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute clearly states that a country that has withdrawn from the treaty is not cleared of its obligations when it was still a state party.

Checked by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka4 Feb 2023Sri Lanka Crime and security

Social media posts

“New Phone Scam in Which Criminals Can Access Your Phone Data Once You Call Back a Number From A Missed Call !!”

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org3 Feb 2023United States Crime and security

Sean Hannity, Fox News Host

“Two academic studies found police officers are as or less likely to shoot Black suspects, showing, “There is no systemic racism in policing. It doesn’t exist.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: One author wrote that his research "has been wrongly cited as evidence that there is no racism in policing."

Checked by Vera Files2 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“There is a deployment ban to Kuwait placed after as authorities investigate the murder of Filipino migrant worker Jullebee Ranara”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Checked by Vera Files1 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Mico Clavano

“The International Criminal Court should no longer investigate in the Philippines because the country has ceased to be a state party to the Rome Statute that established the Netherlands-based tribunal.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute stipulates that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that happened during its membership. It is part of the Philippines’ exercise of i…

Checked by Vera Files1 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of man in orange prison uniform shows killer of migrant Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files31 Jan 2023Philippines Crime and security

Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla

“The Philippines is no longer a member of the International Criminal Court.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, states that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that occurred during its membership. The Philippines…

Checked by Soch Fact Check30 Jan 2023Pakistan Crime and security

SUNO NEWS HD

“A picture shows rescue authorities, and others, in the aftermath of a blast on 30 January 2023 in the Police Lines neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan.”

Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading

Checked by Vera Files30 Jan 2023Philippines Crime and security

Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla

“There is no member of the International Criminal Court from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: Cambodia, a member of ASEAN since 1999, joined the ICC in April 2002. Timor-Leste, although not yet a full-pledged member of ASEAN after being granted an observer status in November 2022, has acceded to the Rome Statute…