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  • 2021-09-27 (xsd:date)
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  • These photos have circulated since 2017 in reports about Rohingya villages burned down (en)
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  • Four photos have been shared thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim they show homes in Myanmar burned down by the military. The posts are misleading; the photos have circulated in news reports since 2017 about Rohingya villages burned down by the military. The photos were published on August 19 in a Facebook post that has been shared more than 23,000 times. A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post, taken on September 22, 2021 The post's Burmese-language caption reads: 18.08.2021 At night, the junta forces robbed and set fire to Sa Pho Ji village in Kani township. They stole phones and cash. A pregnant lady was shot in the leg. Kani was one of the first townships which saw protests against the military junta after it ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February, Myanmar media site Irrawaddy reported . The misleading post circulated online after Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations alerted the organisation to a reported massacre by the junta following the discovery of 40 bodies in Kani in July. The photos circulated in similar Facebook posts here , here and here . However, the images have been shared in a misleading context. First photo A reverse image search on Google found the first photo published here by Bangladesh's The Independent newspaper on September 15, 2017 in an article called, Satellite images of burning Rohingya villages. Rights group Amnesty International has released satellite images which it says show an orchestrated campaign to burn Rohingya villages in western Myanmar, reports BBC, the article reads. Below is a screenshot comparison between the photo in the misleading Facebook post (left) and the Independent’s photo (right): A screenshot comparison between misleading Facebook photo (L) and the Independent’s photo (R) Second photo Another reverse image search found the second image published here on a blog in July 2021 alongside other graphic photos. The blog post’s headline reads: Aftermath of Sa Pho Ji village in Kani township after being raided by the junta forces. AFP could not independently confirm whether the image was genuinely taken in Sa Pho Ji village. A screenshot of the blog post taken on September 22, 2021 Third photo Another reverse image search on Google found the third photo published here by news site Clarion India on September 23, 2017. The headline reads: Rohingya Villages In Myanmar Still Being Burned: Amnesty. New satellite images and videos from Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims that military operations there have ended, according to Amnesty International, it reports. Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading Facebook post (left) and the photo published by Clarion India (right): A screenshot comparison between misleading Facebook photo (L) and the Clarion India’s photo (R) Fourth photo A further reverse image search on Google for the fourth photo found this image published by Reuters news agency on August 17, 2018. The headline reads: U.S. imposes sanctions on Myanmar military over Rohingya crackdown. The photo caption reads: Rohingya refugees, who crossed the border from Myanmar two days before, walk after they received permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue on to the refugee camps, in Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo. Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading Facebook post (left) and the Reuters photo (right): A screenshot comparison between the misleading Facebook photo (L) and the Reuters news’ photo (R) AFP has previously debunked posts falsely purporting to show images of post-coup violence in Myanmar, including here and here . (en)
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