Latest Fact-Checks In Human Rights

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
"ONU ordena despenalizar a los" pedófilos.
False
June 29, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 19, 2023 an Instagram post
"U.N. calls for decriminalizing sex with minors.”
False
April 21, 2023
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton
stated on April 4, 2023 a segment on Fox Business
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 6, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 7, 2023 the State of the Union
“In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 14, 2022 an Instagram post
“Iran sentences 15,000 protesters to death.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 15, 2022
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
stated on February 24, 2022 an address to the nation announcing the attack on Ukraine
Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 12, 2021 a Facebook post
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • July 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a post on Facebook
"'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 27, 2018 a blog post
"Clinton campaign official arrested by FBI on child rape/trafficking charges"
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 2, 2018
WashingtonSources
WashingtonSources
stated on May 7, 2018 a headline
"Trump votes for death penalty for being gay."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 10, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate
"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2018
Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com
stated on April 9, 2018 an article on the Antiwar.com website
"Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
The stories from women saying he groped or forced himself on them "largely have been debunked."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 20, 2016
American Unity PAC
American Unity PAC
stated on August 30, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.  
False
By Nadia Pflaum • September 15, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 a posting on various websites
Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Raúl Castro
Raúl Castro
stated on March 21, 2016 a press conference in Havana
Says there are no political prisoners in Cuba.
False
By Linda Qiu • March 22, 2016
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column
"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
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