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  • 2021-04-09 (xsd:date)
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  • This man was arrested at a demonstration supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in January 2021 (en)
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  • Facebook and Instagram posts purport to show a video of an elderly man who was arrested for not wearing a facemask, despite allegedly being vaccinated against Covid-19. The claim is misleading: the man was arrested for breaching coronavirus restrictions at a demonstration in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London in January 2021. Health authorities recommend wearing masks and social distancing even for people who have been fully vaccinated. The video was published in this Instagram post on April 4, 2021. UK. First it was 2 weeks to flatten the curve, then wear a mask to save Grandpa, then wait till the vaccine, well now all of a sudden Grandpa is Vaccinated and getting arrested for not wearing a mask. This was never about a virus, time to RISE, the caption reads. The footage shows police officers detaining an elderly man, prompting an angry reaction from onlookers. He's 92 years old! one man off-camera is heard shouting. A screenshot of the misleading Instagram post as of April 8, 2021. The footage was also shared here and here in April 2021 alongside similar claims. However, posts are misleading. A Google search of the keywords elderly man arrested UK led AFP to this YouTube clip posted on January 6, 2021 by Russian video news agency Ruptly. UK: '92-year-old' man arrested outside London court as Assange denied bail, the title reads. A further search on YouTube of the terms 92-year-old arrested Assange led AFP to this Youtube video posted by news agency Storyful on January 6, 2021, which is a longer version of the video in the misleading social media posts. An elderly man was among seven people detained for breaching coronavirus restrictions outside a London court on Wednesday, January 6, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail, the video’s description reads. A crowd of Assange’s supporters reacted strongly when a 92-year-old man, identified as Eric Levy by Amnesty media manager Stefan Simanowitz, was arrested and taken away. Below is a screenshot comparison between the misleading post (L) and the Storyful YouTube video (R): While footage of Levy’s arrest show he was not wearing a facemask, there is no indication that his detention was related to whether or not he had received a Covid-19 jab. Health authorities recommend taking precautions such as wearing masks and social distancing even for people who have been fully vaccinated. London’s Metropolitan Police said they detained 7 people at the protest, on the day Assange was denied bail, pending an US appeal against a block of his extradition which would see him face charges there, as AFP reported here . (en)
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