Fact Check
Thursday 12 December 2024
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"Is it a coincidence that the Congo has become an experimental laboratory where populations have become guinea pigs to allow the World Health Organization, the #BillGates foundation, American European pharmaceutical firms and American biolabs to test viruses and other dirty things?"
Russia has been pushing disinformation campaigns targeting U.S. health campaigns in Africa. Egountchi Behanzin, a French Togolese activist, has been exposed in several investigations for discrediting U.S. and Western health campaigns in favor of Russia. -
"[T]he figures announced with regard to losses on both sides, it is obvious that they were presented in the Ukrainian interpretation … Ukraine’s losses are multiple times higher than those of Russia.”
Donald Trump's casualty figures align with July-October Western intelligence, defense, and military sources, differing from Ukrainian estimates. All Western data indicate Russia has suffered greater military losses than Ukraine in the conflict. -
“Syrian security sources have, however, confirmed that ‘Hama is completely safe, with armed forces stationed around the city.’”
By the time Iran’s Press TV portrayed reports of successful rebel advances in Hama as Western propaganda, the Syrian army already lost the city. -
“The operation was carried out with 16 ballistic and winged [cruise] missiles and a drone in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and the hits were accurate and direct.”
The is no evidence the Houthis successfully struck a U.S. warship. All three commercial vessels escorted by the Navy reportedly are intact and en route to their destinations. -
"The decision of the Georgian government not to raise the issue of negotiations with the EU until 2028 and to decline EU grant budget support does not mean suspension of Georgia’s European integration process."
Delays in European Union negotiations and rejection of financial support significantly undermine practical steps required for accession. This move compromises Georgia's EU alignment, stalls reforms, and fuels European doubts about Tbilisi's genuine commitment to integration. -
“The [MOFCOM] spokesperson emphasized that China is firmly opposed to ‘forced labor’ in any form and there is no forced labor in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.”
Source: Global Times, November 26, 2024United Nations, independent researchers and media have all documented credible allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang. -
"Kenya is a safe haven for many people and has been for many years and will be for years to come."
State-sanctioned abductions, refugees included; extrajudicial killings; torture and enforced disappearances are on the rise in Kenya, according to independent reports by international observers, the United Nations, local rights groups and investigative journalists. -
"[T]here are no means of countering such weapons [hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik] today. … It is impossible."
Hypersonic weapons like Russia’s Oreshnik missile present a formidable challenge to existing missile defense systems. However, defenses capable of intercepting them do exist. -
"The resolution was a clear sign of reducing the noble concept of human rights to a tool for exerting political pressure on independent nations."
Iran continues to force confessions, execute individuals who committed crimes as minors and subject detainees to torture in violation of its obligations under international law. -
"[The Malian army] has achieved in two years what foreign organizations, including MINUSMA, have not been able to achieve in 12-13 years."
International observers independently report a sharp increase in violent attacks on civilians, including by the junta’s forces, with the conflict spilling over to new territories. -
“Every escalation between China and the Philippines — without exception — has been caused by Philippine provocations and violation of China’s sovereignty. Calm will return once the Philippines stops those activities.”
China has dismissed an international ruling outlining the Philippines’ rights in the South China Sea, and repeatedly engages in aggressive actions to maintain its dominance in the region. -
“In the history of our relations with the African continent, there has never been any shadow – never; we have never exploited African peoples, nor been engaged in anything inhumane on the African continent.”
Various human rights groups accuse Russia of committing crimes that amount to crimes against humanity in Africa. Several reports also have exposed Russia’s illegal export of gold worth more than $2.5 billion from Africa to sponsor its war in Ukraine.