Latest Fact-Checks In Human Rights

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Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Conservative Daily Post
stated on November 1, 2016 a posting on the Internet

"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 4, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland

"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016

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

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate

Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • October 7, 2016

Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

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

Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2016

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

Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 at the White House

Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."

Mostly True

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 2016

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

Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016

Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 a posting on Twitter

"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016

Robin Wright
stated on May 25, 2016 an event at the Rockefeller Center

Says Apple products are currently "90 percent conflict-free," and "Intel is 100 percent conflict-free."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • June 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

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

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