“Visuals of a massive crowd gathered to celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on 09 August 2023.”
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FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The Video is taken on 09 July 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Visuals show demonstrators protesting inside the Presidential Secretariat (Old Parliament building) premises, Colombo, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country’s economic crisis
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In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 August 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/212579504745975
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