{"id":104813,"date":"2021-10-09T19:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104813"},"modified":"2021-10-09T19:04:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T13:34:56","slug":"old-video-of-protest-in-london-falsely-shared-as-brits-asking-indian-to-boycott-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-protest-in-london-falsely-shared-as-brits-asking-indian-to-boycott-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of protest in London falsely shared as Brits asking Indian to boycott Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a crowd of demonstrators calling for an economic boycott of Pakistan is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the visuals are from London. Twitter user Shefali Tewari tweeted the video and wrote, \u201cPeople are calling on Indians to boycott Pakistani restaurants and businesses in London. We must also impose a complete economic boycott on jihadis. If such steps are taken, we will provide our full support.\u201d It amassed over 2,500 views as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211008081942\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/shefalitiwari7\/status\/1445773257685176326\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940<\/a> \u0930\u0947\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0902, \u0926\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0928, \u0915\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/a> \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u091c\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0906\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0915 \u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924<\/a> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u091c\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902<\/a> \u0915\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u092e \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JjmEZeGY8Q\">pic.twitter.com\/JjmEZeGY8Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shefali Tiwari (@shefalitiwari7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shefalitiwari7\/status\/1445773257685176326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user Vishwas Rajput shared the clip with the same message. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211008081937\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RUDRA_VSR\/status\/1446160332309733379\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0930\u0947\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0902, \u0926\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0928, \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u091c\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0906\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0915 \u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948\ud83d\udcaa\ud83e\udd1e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L17aMJ5J6B\">pic.twitter.com\/L17aMJ5J6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924 (\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930) (@RUDRA_VSR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RUDRA_VSR\/status\/1446160332309733379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is widespread on <a 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According to the outlet, British Indians gathered in London to stage a protest against Pakistan following the Pulwama attack. The event also witnessed anti-Pakistan sloganeering.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Pulwama Terror Attack: British Indians Stage Demonstration Against Pakistan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37FAMZ-FFGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>NMF News and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UJyz167WaeI\">Zee News<\/a> also covered the demonstration.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"British Indian \u0915\u093e London \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u094b\u0930\u0926\u093e\u0930 Protest, \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c\u093e \u0906\u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnJldgQQgOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The video is therefore two years old but has been shared as recent. It has been falsely claimed that people in London were encouraging Indians to boycott Pakistan when, in fact, the protest was observed by British Indians after the Pulwama attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a crowd of demonstrators calling for an economic boycott of Pakistan is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the visuals are from London. Twitter user Shefali Tewari tweeted the video and wrote, \u201cPeople are calling on Indians to boycott Pakistani restaurants and businesses in London. We must also impose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":104818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-104813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/FAKE-5.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104847,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104813\/revisions\/104847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104813"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=104813"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=104813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}