{"id":62420,"date":"2020-03-30T18:11:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T12:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=62420"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:53:52","slug":"video-of-2019-protest-in-azerbaijani-shared-as-spanish-police-excess-during-covid-19-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-2019-protest-in-azerbaijani-shared-as-spanish-police-excess-during-covid-19-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of 2019 protest in Azerbaijan shared as Spanish police excess during COVID-19 lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A five-minute video of police detaining civilians has gone viral on social media with the claim that it shows Spanish authorities are imposing a lockdown in the country. It is noteworthy that the coronavirus pandemic has led governments across the world to impose a restriction on citizens&#8217; movement. In the video, one can spot a red logo on the top right corner.\u00a0<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YO0t4YRoDvg<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mayenuddin.mayen.9406\/videos\/611779466071243\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=This%20is%20lockdown%20in%20Spain%20You%20guys%20in%20India%20are%20lucky...u%20just%20get%20caned..&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=This%20is%20lockdown%20in%20Spain%20You%20guys%20in%20India%20are%20lucky...u%20just%20get%20caned..&amp;f=Abr1RPUkNUg-WRicpRr2y97Yjp3ISgIiv0OeGsytEmvR_9DpdZThkSNSt6JFasDxsU-cZ1CE8qKPvy_EqxpSPirlibIP-NMxsHJdMJpAjuVWcIjGPiE5yM39yj9dIEgSPewkx1BTK_douum5iiPMb3foh0LH1sYgayxMuWjLiNiEsxF3jia193mxBB7_XlBdu1PxKYazIUU8IeXeLnxg7TMP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> users have posted the video with the English text, &#8220;<span class=\"oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j irj2b8pg enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">This is lockdown in Spain You guys in India are lucky&#8230;u just get caned..&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The viral video has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20INDIA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20lockdown%20%E0%A5%9B%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%9C%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20American%20Lockdown%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A5%A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> along with a Hindi text, &#8220;If you feel the lockdown in India is harsh just have a look at this American lockdown (translated from \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b INDIA \u0915\u093e lockdown \u095b\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u093e \u0915\u095c\u0915 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0930 American Lockdown \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0932\u0947)&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62432 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-30-at-3.38.44-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-30-at-3.38.44-PM.png 532w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-30-at-3.38.44-PM-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alt News also received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62423 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26-1024x488.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26-768x366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-30-at-11.48.26-990x472.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2019 protest in Azerbaijan&#8217;s Baku<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News used InVid, a video verification tool, to identify the red-coloured logo. InVid breaks any video into multiple frames and recognises if the video carries a logo. As it turns out, the logo is of <em>Meydan TV, <\/em>a Berlin-based Azerbaijani non-profit media organisation.<\/p>\n<p>We rummaged the YouTube channel of <em>Meydan TV <\/em>and found the viral video. It was published on October 21, 2019. The first coronavirus case was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/13\/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported in China in November 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video represents the 2019 protest in Azerbaijan&#8217;s Baku. According to the description, the video shows an <span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\" title=\"\">October 19 rally following which a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\" title=\"\">uthorities and New Azerbaijan Party officials claimed that police did not use violence, however, visual evidence showed otherwise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Polisl\u0259rin sad\u0259c\u0259 zorak\u0131l\u0131q v\u0259 aksiyac\u0327\u0131lar\u0131 t\u0259hqir etm\u0259 go\u0308ru\u0308ntu\u0308l\u0259ri\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKlWbUnYvyk?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>According to an October 19\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-azerbaijan-opposition-protests\/azeri-police-detain-scores-of-protesters-including-opposition-party-leader-idUSKBN1WY0DM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reuters\u00a0<\/em>report<\/a>, &#8220;Police in Azerbaijan on Saturday detained scores of protesters, including the leader of the main opposition Popular Front, at the start of a planned rally against low salaries, corruption and a lack of democracy in the energy-rich ex-Soviet state. The protesters have a wide range of demands, including higher salaries for state employees and fair and independent elections in a country long accused by human rights groups and Western governments of a lack of transparency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A report by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/10\/22\/azerbaijan-peaceful-rallies-dispersed-violently\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/em> stated, &#8220;According to the police, they detained 60 of the approximately 220 people who participated in the unsanctioned demonstration on October 19, releasing 42 with a warning, and sending 18 cases to administrative courts. The authorities also detained at least 10 senior opposition party members ahead of the October 19 rally. Among them was a prominent opposition journalist, Seymur Hazi, who was detained on October 17 and sentenced the same day to 15 days of administrative detention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/headquarters\/headquarters-homepage_en\/69107\/Statement%20by%20the%20Spokesperson%20on%20the%20latest%20developments%20in%20Azerbaijan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Union External Action<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/az.usembassy.gov\/u-s-embassy-statement-on-october-19-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Embassy in Azerbaijan<\/a><\/em> released a statement condemning the violence used by police on peaceful protestors during the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the video does not depict police excess during coronavirus lockdown in Spain or the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A five-minute video of police detaining civilians has gone viral on social media with the claim that it shows Spanish authorities are imposing a lockdown in the country. 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