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FACTLY says: While granting bail to a rape accused, the Guwahati High court (not Delhi High court) remarked that the accused is a talented student pursuing a technical course and could be state’s asset. However, the court also laid …
FACTLY says: There is no such post called ‘Chief Justice’ in the International Court of Justice. Justice Dalveer Bhandari is a member of the Court since 27 April 2012 and was re-elected from 06 February 2018 for a term of nine years
FACTLY says: The video shows an incident which took place in Abbottabad, Pakistan back in 2019, wherein a man accidentally shot himself during a celebratory gunfire before a wedding ceremony. Multiple news agencies have reported the…
PolitiFact says: A post exaggerates George Floyd’s criminal history, and adds crimes that he was not charged with.
FACTLY says: This video of Dubai Police band playing Indian National Anthem was taken in October 2019 to celebrate Diwali. There are no news reports of Dubai Police band playing National Anthem and celebrating Indian Independence Da…
FACTLY says: This video is on the internet since 2016 and has nothing to do with the ‘Lucknow girl’ who beat a cab driver. It shows Anuradha Choudhary, a woman from Rajasthan who has a criminal history of crimes like kidnapping, ext…
Vera Files says: Ten of the 18 judges in the ICC are from African (4), Latin American and Caribbean (4), and Asia-Pacific (2) countries. Eight others are from Western and Eastern European and other groups of states.
FactCheck.org says: Social media posts are spreading the false claim that a police officer who responded to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6 was really part of the rioting crowd. The photos they use actually show two different people.
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. Capitol Police said it is "in the process of opening Regional Field Offices in California and Florida with additional regions in the near future to investigate threats to Members of Congress,"
Vera Files says: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) states that “[a]bsence or failure of a party to defend its case shall not constitute a bar to the proceedings.” China, having ratified UNCLOS in June 1996, wa…