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“U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statements on Minority Persecution in India under the current BJP rule”
Social media posts Claim dated 8 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

No such statements were made Antony Blinken. However, at a Joint Press Conference on 11 April 2022, Blinken said that they (USA) were monitoring some recent concerning developments in India, including a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police, and prison officials. Following this, on 14 April 2022, Jaishankar replied that human rights issue was not a topic of discussion during the ministerial meeting and added, “whenever there is a discussion on that, we will not be reticent ab...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 8 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 January 2023, 9 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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