On social media, a screenshot of a news website has going viral. While sharing this news users claiming that the United Nations has criticized India over incidents of r@pe. The viral headline reads, “India is a slave to a sick mentality where rallies are held to save r@pists – United Nations.”
Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here
Fact Check
During the investigation DFRAC found that the claim was fake. DFRAC team searched for the text of the headline on Google to investigate the viral news clipping. We found this news on ‘The Janmanch,’ published on April 14, 2018. The article reported a statement from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, quoted by the ‘Indian Express,’ regarding the gang r@pe and murder of an 8-year-old girl in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Furthermore, our team examined the news published in ‘The Indian Express’ on April 14, 2018. Nowhere in this report did Secretary-General Guterres describe India as a country with a “sick mentality.” He referred to the incident of the gang r@pe and murder as “horrific” and expressed hope that the accused would receive appropriate punishment for their crime.
Additionally, we did not find any media report quoting Guterres stating that India is a “slave country” with a “sick mentality.”
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact check that the United Nations has not called India a ‘slave of sick mentality’ on r@pe incidents. Fake statement of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been shared by users. Therefore, the claim of social media users is Fake.
