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Carrie Lam
Hong Kong chief executive
“What we are talking about is not exchanging views between foreigners and journalists. It is violating the law as defined in the national security law and based on very clear evidence which will bring the case to court.”
Read more...The pro-democracy publication’s owner and top editor are all charged under a sweeping National Security Law that censors free speech. -
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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
Head of the Taliban's political office
“Our very participation in the negotiations and its support on our part indicates openly that we believe in resolving issues through (mutual) understanding.”
Read more...Afghan officials say the Taliban are using roadside bombs, suicide attacks and targeted killings in a push to seize territory ahead of a U.S. pullout. -
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Belta
Belarusian state news agency
“[N]one of the sanctions have achieved their political goals. But those sanctions have been hiding other things - issues related to the division of markets and the pushing out of competitors. We can see the same processes against Belarus today.”
Read more...EU, U.K. and U.S. sanctions against Belarus were specifically tied to human rights abuses, including the forced landing of a Ryanair flight. -
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Press TV
Iranian state TV channel
“Ayatollah Khamenei said elections in the Islamic Republic have always been sound and said the fact that presidents of sometimes divergent political viewpoints have been elected in the past has been proof.”
Read more...Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, effectively controls who can be a presidential candidate. Women were rejected, and turnout in the June 18 vote hit a record low. -
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Sen. Francis Tolentino
“How can she, during her tenure, objectively conduct an investigation when some members of the international community considered her a persona non grata for terrorist links?”
Read more...The Trump administration labeled the prosecutor a “Specially Designated National” for investigating alleged Afghanistan war crimes, not terrorist ties. -
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Gaurav Pandhi
A Congress party leader
“[T]he Modi Govt has admitted that COVAXIN consists Newborn Calf Serum. This is heinous! This information should have been made public before.”
Read more...Animal extracts are used in the Covaxin anti-COVID-19 vaccine’s production but none are present in final product. -
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Vladimir Putin
President, Russia
On multiple topics – Ukraine, cyber attacks, Crimea, Alexey Navalny – Putin made misleading statements after his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
Read more...Polygraph.info has fact-checked many of these issues in the past. Here is how Putin’s post-summit comments measure up. -
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President of Turkey
“Although Turkey has fulfilled promises regarding F-35s, unfortunately, the U.S. has not fulfilled promises. [The U.S.] did not keep its promise on the Patriot system, either.’’
Read more...The United States says Erdogan has had multiple opportunities to buy the Patriot missile defense system but chose Russia’s despite the security risks.
