On December 26, a Twitter user @RinaThakur_ shared a picture of a mother breastfeeding her child through a fence and claimed it depicts a detention centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi…
Video from Hyderabad viral as police arresting people in Assam after NRC
Several social media users have shared a 44-second video of police arresting civilians and claimed that the incident is from Assam after the implementation of the National Register of Citizens…
2013 video from Bangladesh viral as police brutality after Assam NRC
In the backdrop of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a video is being widely shared on social media, especially WhatsApp, with…
Meme shared as pro-Modi cartoon on CAA and NRC published by European newspaper
An image has been circulated widely with the claim that it was published in a newspaper in Europe. The cartoon shows the Marvel superhero Spiderman stopping a bus about to…
Poster of CAA-NRC event morphed with photos of Burhan Wani, Afzal Guru
On December 22, Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker tweeted two images of an event poster by Samvidhan Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. According to the poster, the speakers for the event are Arundhati…
PM Modi’s speech on CAA/NRC: A combination of falsehoods and half-truths
The BJP’s election campaign for the upcoming polls in Delhi was kicked off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at Ramlila Maidan on December 22. Here, among other things, the…
No, policemen did not protest against CAA and NRC
On December 20, 2019, several people shared an image which shows policemen purportedly holding placards against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizens Amendment Bill (CAB). The viral image…
Video from 2017 of eviction from forest area in Assam viral in the context of NRC
A video where the police are seen thrashing civilians was shared with the claim that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being exercised in Assam. The clip has gone…
Old video of Maratha protest shared as angry public in Assam chasing police after NRC
A video of protestors chasing policemen is being shared on social media. In the 46 second long video a group of policemen can be seen running followed by angry protestors…
Old video from Delhi shared as clash over NRC between police and army personnel in Assam
A video has been posted on Twitter, along with the claim that clashes have taken place between Assam police and Indian army personnel, purportedly over the National Register of Citizens…