AL's old event shared as recent rally is misleading: BanglaFact

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Published On: 20 May 2025, 19:03

DHAKA, May 20, 2025 (BSS) - BanglaFact, a fact-checking and media research team of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), has identified a misleading claim where a 2020 protest video is being circulated as a  recent Awami League rally.  

According to BanglaFact's investigation, a video from a 2020 protest was falsely shared on social media as footage of a recent Awami League rally.  

The team found that the video was not from any recent rally by Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League. Instead, it was from a 2020 protest organized by the Chhatra League in Capital's Gulistan protesting vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia. 

On May 18, the old video was falsely live streamed on Facebook with a misleading caption claiming it as a recent event.  

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