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![Bharati Pravin Pawar]()
Bharati Pravin Pawar
India’s health minister
“No deaths due to lack of oxygen had been specifically reported by the states/Uts [union territories].”
Read more...Press and hospital reports have blamed oxygen shortages for unnecessary COVID-19 deaths in India, where the pandemic response has been chaotic. -
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Andrei Savinykh
Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs, Belarus House of Representatives
“Accusing Belarus of organizing migrant smuggling into Lithuania is a vivid example of political slander and unfounded allegations.”
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
"China firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks. It will never encourage, support or condone cyberattacks.”
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Florian Philippot
Far-right French politician
“Vaccinated people represent 4% of positive cases in France
But 47% in the UK. And 50% in Israel. It's statistically impossible!”Read more...The World Health Organization says it’s too early for reliable statistics on post-vaccination infections. Philippot is distorting the numbers. -
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Suhail Shaheen
Official Taliban spokesman
“A report of CNN claiming that the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have killed enemy’s commando soldiers after surrendering is not true. A fake scene has been montaged with another scene of 22 commandos who had been killed during fighting in Faryab province.”
Read more...There is no evidence of deceptive editing in the video, and witnesses told CNN the surrender and executions happened. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“China has stated its position on Xinjiang-related issues on many occasions. The accusation of ‘forced labor’ is a sheer lie.”
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Pushing a Prisoner Swap with U.S., Russia Whitewashes an Arms Dealer, a Drug Trafficker and a Hacker
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Sergey Ryabkov
Russian Deputy Foreign Ministry
"We as an agency will do everything in order to hasten the moment when the families of Konstantin Yaroshenko and Viktor Bout will reunite[,] when Roman Seleznyov and our other compatriots who have ended up in such a tough predicament in life would be able to return home."
Read more...Bout, Yaroshenko and Seleznyov are convicted of arms trafficking, drug trafficking and hacking, respectively. -
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Bruno Rodriguez
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cuba
“Madam Speaker, unfortunately, you seem to have been misguided. No one who peacefully protested yesterday in #Cuba feared or had reason to fear for his or her security. It is no secret that US policy against Cuba aims at generating hardships and social discontent.”
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Tian Junli
PLA Southern Theater Command spokesperson
“[T]he U.S. military's act has seriously undermined China's sovereignty and security interests, damaged the peace and stability in the South China Sea region, and violated the international law and basic norms governing international relations.”
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Harry Roque
Philippines’ presidential spokesperson
“Absolutely bereft of merit. If you look at the ICC prosecutor's findings, all he [sic] quotes is media critical of the government. So that proves that freedom of the press is alive and well in the Philippines.”
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Russian Embassy in Washington
Russian Embassy
“The party itself denied the fact of a cyber attack...There is no evidence that the attack took place.”
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![Recep Tayyip Erdogan]()
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
president of Turkey
“Fighting violence against women has always been our priority. I support every step taken to that extent.”
Read more...Erdogan’s decision to pull Turkey out of an international treaty on preventing violence against women puts Turkish women at risk, rights groups said.
