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Vera Files says: Under Article 127 paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, a country that has withdrawn from the treaty is not cleared of its obligations when it was still a state-party. The Philippines acceded to th…
FactCheck.org says: The images were posted by Stockton University in 2017 and earlier this year from the IRS Criminal Investigation division’s community outreach sessions with high school and college students.
FACTLY says: This is a hoax that started in 2016 by a gossip website. Back then, the Eritrean government, in response, said that the story was fabricated. Polygamy is illegal in Eritrea according to the country’s penal code
FACTLY says: The SC has not decided to set up a committee to form an All-India Organisation of Taxpayers which will be the biggest organisation in the world. However, the SC suggested an expert body on freebies that will include var…
Vera Files says: Marcos was among the 17 senators who voted “yes” to the ratification of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.
FACTLY says: The posted pictures are true [Cellular Jail (Savarkar between 1911-21), Ahmednagar Fort Jail (Nehru between 1942-45), and Aga Khan Palace (Gandhi between 1942-44)]. However, the comparison of prison cells made in the po…
FACTLY says: This incident occurred in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam in 2016. The man who burnt the Indian National Flag was Dilipan Mahendran, and the police arrested him
FACTLY says: The video shared is a satirical spoof published by the ‘Fake It India’ YouTube channel on 22 July 2022. ‘Fake It India’ stated that it publishes satirical videos on current events, day to day life situations highlightin…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows one-year-old incident visuals of West Bengal Police lathi-charging lord Shiva devotees at the Bhootnath temple in Kolkata. The Kolkata police thrashed lord Shiva devotees for violating…
FACTLY says: The message shared in the post is being shared on social media at least since 2015. Bhim Sain Bassi had retired as Delhi Police Chief in February 2016. He then served as a member of UPSC till February 2021. Former Polic…
FACTLY says: The incident shown in the video took place during a DJ competition in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut District during the Kanwar Yatra. In another incident which took place in Uttarakhand, a person named Kartik Baliyan was kille…