{"id":55194,"date":"2019-12-30T19:49:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=55194"},"modified":"2019-12-30T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:19:17","slug":"video-from-sri-lanka-shared-as-muslims-beaten-in-a-detention-centre-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-sri-lanka-shared-as-muslims-beaten-in-a-detention-centre-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from Sri Lanka shared as Muslims beaten in a detention centre in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of policemen rounding up people and thrashing them with batons inside what looks like premises of a prison is viral on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that this is a detention camp in Assam where Muslim are being assaulted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100010436895075\/videos\/1019321468425740\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/100010436895075\/videos\/1019321468425740\/\"><p>Muslims are in gulags (detention camps) in Assam. May Allah protect all of them &#8211; Ameen Ya Rab. \ud83e\udd32<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Rayanna Banu Mersiha<\/a> on Saturday, 28 December 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The clip is doing the rounds with the same narrative on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SajjadKazmi\/status\/1210649585598783493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-ODIqsSSHo&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received multiple verification requests on its <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official mobile application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55199 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1234\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM.png 1234w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-1.02.21-PM-990x347.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1234px) 100vw, 1234px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>FACT-CHECK: SRI LANKAN PRISON<\/h2>\n<p>The video features a logo on the top right corner which says &#8216;Lanka Truth.com&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55204 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/cab202d5-ff6c-441f-b68f-fa54952298c2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A keyword search &#8216;Sri lanka prison assault&#8217; on YouTube led us to the same video uploaded on January 17, 2019, by the channel <em>Asia Times.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leaked video reveals assault of inmates at Sri Lankan prison\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f3C5V2ENAlY?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><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatimes.com\/2019\/01\/article\/beating-of-inmates-caught-on-sri-lankan-jail-cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asia Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had also carried a report which said,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Leaked video footage of a group of unarmed inmates being beaten with batons by prison officials has surfaced, renewing the debate about violations of prisoners\u2019 rights in Sri Lanka.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The incident was also reported by several Sri Lanka media outlets including <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/article\/Probe-into-attack-in-Angunakolapelessa-Super-Prison--161161.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dailymirror.lk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-protesting-prisoners-at-agunakolapelessa-prison-brutally-assaulted-attack-carried-out-under-fake-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">colombotelegraph.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2019\/01\/20\/news-features\/angunakolapelessa-brutality-within-prison-walls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>sundayobserver.lk<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Daily Mirror, <\/em>Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) Secretary Sudesh Nandimal Silva said the prisoners were beaten <em>&#8220;for staging a protest on October 21, 2018 against the deployment of Police STF personnel for internal searches in prison.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The incident took place at Agunakolapelessa Prison.<\/p>\n<p><em>Colombo Telegraph\u00a0<\/em>reported that human rights commission of Sri Lanka intervened to ensure justice for the prisoners and issued a statement in this regard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55206 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/HRCSL-Statement-on-Angunakolapalessa-Prison-Incident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/HRCSL-Statement-on-Angunakolapalessa-Prison-Incident.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/HRCSL-Statement-on-Angunakolapalessa-Prison-Incident-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/HRCSL-Statement-on-Angunakolapalessa-Prison-Incident-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/HRCSL-Statement-on-Angunakolapalessa-Prison-Incident-768x1086.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A November 2018 CCTV footage of inmates assaulted by Sri Lankan policemen inside a prison is being circulated on social media as visuals of a detention centre in Assam where Muslims are mistreated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of policemen rounding up people and thrashing them with batons inside what looks like premises of a prison is viral on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that this is a detention camp in Assam where Muslim are being assaulted. Muslims are in gulags (detention camps) in Assam. May Allah protect all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":55208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-55194","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\/2019\/12\/Untitled-design-2019-12-30T185722.579.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55194","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55211,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55194\/revisions\/55211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55194"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=55194"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}