{"id":5722,"date":"2017-09-26T20:12:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2017-09-26T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T14:46:08","slug":"rohingya-crisis-continues-images-children-used-spread-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rohingya-crisis-continues-images-children-used-spread-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"As Rohingya crisis continues, images of children are being misused to spread fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandy is a 12 year-old Brazilian girl, suffering from multiple health problems including a liver condition. The Facebook page of Garraf\u00e3o do Norte, the place where she lives, has shared her story of strength and perseverance and made an appeal for help. In the video posted on the page, you can see little Sandy talking from her hospital bed. You can also see that her medical condition has caused an enlarged belly. It must take a sick mind to lift this photograph of an ailing child and share it as a pregnant Rohingya girl.<\/p>\n

The photograph was shared on twitter by Prashant Umrao Patel, an advocate. He added that \u201cshe is in UN clinic, going to give birth to a child soon\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here is the original video from the Garraf\u00e3o do Norte page, showing Sandy. After this fake news was busted by Boom Fact Check<\/a>, Patel quietly deleted the tweet without a word of apology.<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of the little girl.<\/p>\n

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Posted by Jeanne Santos<\/a> on Saturday, November 19, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

This is not the first time that Patel has been called out for sharing fake news. He had also shared a fake image<\/a> to shame the victim of the Chandigarh stalking incident. He was also at the forefront in rumor-mongering and polarizing<\/a> over the Utkal Express derailment.<\/p>\n

Another fake news using the image of a child was started by Ravinder Sangwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Look at her innocence!!
Rohingya girl, 14 years old has 2 kids. Her husband is 56 yrs. He has six wives with 18 children \u104b pic.twitter.com\/9aqHly7viF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ravinder Sangwan (@Shanknaad) September 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n