Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
Massive pro-Palestine march in Spain.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
Fact
Newschecker first noticed that there were no Palestine flags among the protesters, raising our doubts. We then ran a reverse image search of keyframes of the video, which led us to a tweet by Insider Paper, dated November 13, 2023, sharing the same video. A similar tweet can be seen here.
“The proposed amnesty for Catalan separatists has led to large-scale protests in Spain, with citizens expressing disillusionment and anger. The political manoeuvre is seen as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s attempt to secure his reappointment. The amnesty could potentially alter the dynamics of the separatist movement and reignite debates around Catalonia’s pursuit of independence,” read a BNN Breaking report, dated November 13, 2023.
“Tens of thousands of people protested across Spain on Sunday against acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez’s plans to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support for another term in office. The government secured a deal with Catalan separatist party Junts on Thursday which includes passing a contentious law granting amnesty to those convicted over Catalonia’s attempt to secede from Spain in 2017,” read a Reuters report, dated November 12, 2023. Similar reports can be seen here and here, confirming that the viral video is not related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Result: False
Sources
Tweet, Insider Paper, November 13, 2023
BNN Breaking report, November 13, 2023
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
