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  • 2019-08-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik is not dead, his lawyer says (en)
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  • A Pakistani media report, citing the BBC, claimed that Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik died in an Indian jail. Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared the news. But the report is false; the BBC denied publishing any such news; Indian jail authorities and Malik’s lawyer told AFP that Malik was alive. On August 4, 2019, Pakistan’s Urdu-language Channel 5 News reported that Malik had died, attributing the information to British public broadcaster the BBC . The original video report was quickly taken down from the Channel 5 site, but the footage continued to circulate on social media, for example in this Facebook post published August 5, 2019. Below is a screenshot of the Facebook post: The Big News report combines an image of Malik with text that translates as: Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik attained martyrdom inside an Indian prison, claims BBC. The post is captioned: Yaseen Malik die in Indian jail news from BBC. Yasin Malik is a separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir. He is the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), an organisation which was banned by Indian government in March 2019 as reported here . Malik was arrested on April 10, 2019 by India’s national investigation agency in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and separatist groups in Indian-administered Kashmir. He has been held in Delhi's Tihar jail since then. Hurriyat is the united front of separatist organisations in Indian-administered Kashmir, which includes Malik’s JKLF. The BBC said in a tweet on August 4, 2019 that it had not reported Malik’s death: The claim circulating on social media that the BBC has reported the death of Yasin Malik is fake. We urge everyone to verify stories they see on social media by visiting the BBC News website. — BBC News اردو (@BBCUrdu) August 4, 2019 Multiple other Facebook posts, for example here on August 4, 2019, shared the misleading claim that Malik has died, without mentioning Channel 5 or the BBC. Below is a screenshot of the August 4 post, which has been shared more than 450 times: The caption of the misleading post reads: News have been confirmed from Pakistan. Yaseen Malik had died in jail. The same claim was made in other Facebook posts, for example here and here , and here on Twitter. Senior police officer and Tihar Jail spokesperson Rajkumar told an AFP journalist in Delhi by telephone on August 5, 2019: The reports of Yasin Malik’s death are untrue. He is fine and currently lodged in Tihar. Malik’s lawyer Raja Mohammad Tufail also told AFP that the claim was false. Speaking to an AFP journalist in Delhi by telephone on August 5, 2019, he said: I met my client Yasin Malik today. He is hale and hearty and doing well. The reports of death or ill-health are false. The Director-General of Tihar Prison, Sandeep Goel, also told Indian media that rumours of Malik’s death were a hoax, for example here and here . Here is a video of Rajkumar explaining the situation, published by Indian broadcaster News18: Here’s Tihar Prison Additional IG Rajkumar’s statement on Yasin Malik’s health. pic.twitter.com/hXGHWyKw0B — News18 (@CNNnews18) August 5, 2019 He says: The rumour going about Yasin Malik who is presently lodged in Tihar prison is incorrect. His health condition is normal and he is doing fine. (en)
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