Fact Check
Tuesday 16 January 2024
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“The concern of the UNAMA for women is incorrect. The concern of the UNAMA about the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan regarding their hijab, is incorrect. Afghan women wear hijab on their own, neither they have been forced to do so, nor the ministry of vice and virtue mistreated them. This is just propaganda and far from the reality.”
The Taliban strictly enforce the Islamic dress code. Independent sources report arrests and mistreatment of women and girls for hijab violations. -
There is strong evidence the government cracked down on the political opposition while ruling party supporters tried to stop journalists from investigating suspected voter fraud at polling stations.
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"An EU army? ... For what, then, must each NATO country (read EU) pay colossal sums to the 'common till' (but, in fact, to Washington), which, as declared, go to ensure their security?"
NATO's common budget is governed by its member countries’ collective decisions and serves the interests of the alliance as a whole. -
“Yemeni missiles bombed an israeli ally. British ship in the Red Sea, causing three explosions,”
The photograph, credited to Agence France-Presse, was taken on October 6, 2002. It shows a French vessel blown up by al-Qaida. -
“The U.S. likes to portray itself as open, inclusive, and a place for academic freedom, but it wrongly adopted Proclamation 10043 and put it into force, overstretched the concept of national security, politicized and weaponized academic research and repeatedly interrogated, harassed and deported Chinese students.”
Only a small number of post-graduate students receive extra scrutiny, and Chinese students remain the largest group of international students on U.S. campuses for the 13th consecutive year. -
"It’s just that YouTube Music published the TOP singers … in Ukraine. Not a single performer in Ukrainian."
YouTube data shows that the top performers in Ukraine sing in the Ukrainian language. -
"Washington says USA and Israel had no role in terrorist attack in Kerman, Iran. Really? A fox smells its own lair first. Make no mistake. The responsibility for this crime lies with the U.S. and Zionist regimes and terrorism is just a tool."
Iran’s accusations against the United States and Israel for the twin blasts in the city of Kerman are baseless. Islamic State took responsibility for the attack. -
Human rights groups and trusted media outlets have confirmed that Pakistan has been deporting Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the United States.
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“We strike with high-precision weapons at locations where they make decisions, where military personnel and mercenaries gather, at other similar centres, and at military facilities, above all.”
Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian civilian infrastructure since invading almost two years ago. -
"I called it a military operation because war is when two countries declare it. Let us be glad that there is no war yet, because war is a general mobilization."
Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine meets the international consensus definition of “war.” -
#Ukraine has confirmed by releasing a video that it has received the first batch of F-16 fighter jets!!!
The video is an advertisement for a Ukrainian clothing company and has nothing to do with the delivery of F-16s. -
“No person has been arrested in connection with the release of a video filmed at the Rasht bazaar.”