Latest Fact-Checks In Human Rights

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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
stated on December 1, 2010 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Toledo … is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities — Miami, Las Vegas, Portland — in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • December 14, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."
False
September 22, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 a comment on The Helen Glover Show
Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on June 22, 2010 a posting on his website
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 a press conference
The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East."
Mostly False
April 20, 2010
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
Half-True
April 14, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2009 legal filings
On releasing photographs depicting the abuse of prisoners.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 14, 2009
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 10, 2009 a television interview
Democrats in Congress "had control since January of 2007. They haven't passed a law making waterboarding illegal. They haven't gone into any of these things and changed law."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 13, 2009
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 24, 2009 a news interview
On torture.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 28, 2009
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