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Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2017-02-08): Sumaya Abdel Qader, a Muslim sociologist in Milan who is a member of the city council, called the agreement "a positive step," during a telephone interview. "It's very important that there’s a dialogue between the government and Muslim institutions," she said. But she noted that some of the requirements "have made some Muslims feel like they’re being treated unequally." She argued that it is "unfair" that a specific faith be singled out and required to hold sermons in Italian — but recognized the reality of widespread distrust of Muslims. "I understand we’re living in a unique historical context, so we’ll have to accept this," she said.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2016-11-07): In August, Socialist Party president Christian Levrat, called for a debate on the place of islam in Switzerland saying: "We must reflect on whether we want to recognize islam as an official religion. That would avoid leaving the training and financing of imams to foreign, sometimes fundamentalist groups." PDC (CVP) president, Gerhard Pfister, has voiced opposition to official recognition of islam in Switzerland several times. [...] Some like Jean-Noël Cuénod, a Swiss journalist, author, religious history expert and government advisor, think Geneva is an integration model for the rest of Switzerland. Cantons that recognise some religions but exclude islam will aid radical muslims who feel excluded by the state, he says. Geneva avoids this by recognising no religion.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-17): Africans in one Chinese city are being evicted amid fear of a second wave of COVID-19 in China and a focus on foreigners. The evictions are blamed on racism, which the Chinese government denies.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2022-03-09): The discrimination and maltreatment the African nationals have suffered are the direct result of the rising pressure from the imported cases of COVID-19 faced by the authorities of Guangzhou. On March 28, China officially imposed an entry ban on all foreign nationals with visas or residence permits in an attempt to curb the rising number of imported cases after the country managed to control the domestic infection. As a part of these measures, Chinese airlines are only allowed to operate one route per week to any specific country, primarily to bring back overseas Chinese who wish to return. [...] Because of the large percentage of African population involved in this situation, Africans have become a top target of Chinese quarantine efforts. As a result, local Chinese started to fear that all Africans in the city were infected and contagious, bringing an eruption of local resentment, evictions, refusals of service, and maltreatment. The timing in this rise in negative sentiment tracks with the rising number of African infections in Guangzhou: The persecutions have really only appeared in April, not during the peak periods of China’s COVID-19 crisis, which was late January to mid-March. Local shops refuse to provide service to "black people," and evicted African nationals have had to sleep on the street.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-12): African nationals ‘mistreated, evicted’ in China over coronavirus [...] African students and expatriates in China are reportedly being evicted from their homes and mistreated over fears they could spread the novel coronavirus. [...] In recent days Africans in Guangzhou have reported being evicted from their apartments by their landlords, being tested for coronavirus several times without being given results, and being shunned and discriminated against in public. Such complaints have been made in local media and on social media.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-13): Africans living in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou say they have been evicted from their apartments and refused entry to restaurants as part of a xenophobic campaign against black people that is ostensibly aimed at curbing the transmission of the novel coronavirus. [...] The focus on African residents comes amid broader restrictions on foreigners in China as officials, having curtailed the coronavirus outbreak that began in the central city of Wuhan in November, grow concerned about a second wave of infections from abroad. [...] Photos and videos posted on social media over the weekend showed Africans sleeping on sidewalks or waiting under shop awnings after being ordered out of their apartments and hotel rooms. Others showed Nigerian diplomats delivering food in the pouring rain to evicted compatriots, and Chinese police in riot gear herding African men along a street.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2023-12-20): Black Ghosts: A Journey into the Lives of Africans in China [...] When I first heard about Africans in China, I was blown away. China was one of those countries that wasn’t on my radar in terms of travel. Culturally and linguistically, it’s so different. Their behaviour and attitude towards black people just seem less filtered, and I thought, how do Africans negotiate that kind of society? That’s why I decided to go.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2021-02-18): Last April, authorities in the southern city of Guangzhou, which has China’s largest African community, launched a campaign to forcibly test Africans in the city for the coronavirus, and ordered them to self-isolate or quarantine in designated hotels. Landlords evicted African residents, forcing many to sleep on the street, in hotels or in shops. Some restaurants refused to serve Black customers. Scenes of Africans sleeping on the street with their belongings were shared widely on social media, which sparked outrage among African communities around the world and prompted rare public rebuke from some African governments. [...] People of African descent living in China are often depicted as overstaying visas, not paying taxes, and encroaching on Chinese culture.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-05-25): They were outraged not only by widespread reports of coronavirus-related discrimination against Africans in China, but also by claims on Chinese state media that the allegations were "groundless rumors." [...] Discrimination against Africans in China during the coronavirus pandemic, he adds, has exposed that fact. [...] But Paul Mensah, a Ghanian trader who has been living in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen for five years, says the treatment of Africans in China during the Covid-19 pandemic has shaped his perceptions of racial attitudes in the country.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-11): 'If you're black you can't go out': Africans in China face racism in Covid-19 crackdown Africans in southern China's largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. [...] Guangzhou had confirmed 114 imported coronavirus cases as of Thursday – 16 of which were Africans. The rest were returning Chinese nationals.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2024-01-01): China-Africa relations rocked by alleged racism over Covid-19 was Dkr4188 now Dkr1999 for your first year. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with the FT’s trusted journalism. Offer available here until 24th October.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2021-03-17): Yet that sense of belonging was rocked for many last April when Africans across the city were evicted from their homes and hotels, and forced to live on the streets. After a handful of Nigerians tested positive for Covid-19, Guangzhou authorities quarantined and tested Africans all across the city, sparking unproven fears that Africans were vectors of the virus. [...] Back in Guangzhou, Nigerian father-of-three Chike says the way he is treated by some Chinese residents in his home city makes him feel they suspect Africans "are the virus." It’s something, he says, he tries not to think about. "Not everyone is comfortable in another country," he adds. [...] Despite the challenges, many Africans want to return to their old lives in China. Congolese trader Felly Mwamba left the country during the Lunar New Year holiday in 2020 and has been living in Winnipeg since. After two decades in Guangzhou, he’d earned enough money to apply for Canadian citizenship and buy a home there, but the Winnipeg winter has been bitterlycold and he says he has few friends.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-17): Africans in China: We face coronavirus discrimination - Published [...] African community leaders in Guangzhou believe the vast majority of the city's African population have been forced into quarantine or are sleeping on the streets. [...] Africans across China say they are facing increased scrutiny. On the deserted campus of Wuhan University African faces outnumber Chinese.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-16): Evictions from homes and apartments started when Guangzhou authorities announced that five Nigerians had tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, a campaign was launched to test and track all Africans in the port city. [...] Again, for those who still doubt that Black people and particularly #AfricansinChina are being targeted we feel it is our duty to share this. A sign at a @McDonalds restaurant seems to make this perfectly clear pic.twitter.com/FaveKrdQHi — Black Livity China (@BlackLivityCN) April 11, 2020 [...] Since then, most of the evicted Africans have been placed in hotels for quarantine. State media have also broadcast news videos of Chinese workers offering flowers and food to quarantined Africans, who thank them and say they are "very comfortable."
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-14): April 14, 2020Africans living in China's city of Guangzhou have accused Chinese authorities of discrimination after being subjected to compulsory coronavirus testing and a mandatory 14-day quarantine. [...] A total of 111 African nationals living in Guangzhou tested positive for coronavirus during the initial outbreak. The city's executive vice mayor said on Monday that 4,553 Africans had undergone testing in Guangzhou since April 3. [...] "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the abuse and racist mistreatment of Africans living and working in China; particularly, at a time when we should be supporting each other to recover from the coronavirus pandemic," the statement read.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-13): Beijing is facing a diplomatic crisis in Africa after reports of alleged coronavirus-related discrimination against African nationals in China sparked widespread anger across the continent. [...] By the end of the weekend, most of the displaced Africans in Guangzhou, mainly traders and students who make up China’s largest African population, had found shelter, according to people CNN spoke to in the city. [...] Hannah Ryder, a British-Kenyan who used to work for the United Nations in China and is now CEO of a Kenyan owned company in Beijing, said these types of incidents can have a massive impact on how people in Africa view China. "If they are not handled properly they can result in far larger consequences than people sleeping on the street. They can have repercussions on international relations, trade and even diplomacy," said Ryder.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-17): Videos showing the recent mistreatment of Africans living in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have ricocheted around African broadcast and social media in recent days. [...] The recent mistreatment of Africans in Guangzhou shows the different priorities of local and central politics in China. The Guangzhou municipal government faces unprecedented pressure to stop a second wave of coronavirus. If the local government can successfully avoid a second outbreak, it might determine the future promotion of some senior officials. [...] Beijing has now begun to repair the diplomatic damage. On April 13, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it would adjust its coronavirus restrictions on African nationals, provide them with health services without discrimination and adjust accommodation prices for those in financial difficulties. Chinese Weibo also closed 180 accounts for "inciting discrimination" and is discouraging its users from sharing news involving foreigners and foreign countries.
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-16): "Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold," reads the caption at the top. A narrator in the video states that "Africans have become subject of racial profiling" as "Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of ner coronavirus cases in the country." [...] A video shared on Facebook claims that "Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold." [...] Washington Post, "Africans in China allege racism as fear of new virus cases unleashes xenophobia," April 13, 2020
Claim: “Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.” (Facebook posts, 2020-04-17)
Evidence (2020-04-10): The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China’s warnings against imported coronavirus cases stoke anti-foreigner sentiment. [...] Earlier this week, images began circulating online of rows of Africans sleeping on the streets of Guangzhou, beside their luggage, having either been evicted from their apartments or been turned away from hotels. Other videos showed police harassing Africans on the street. [...] Meanwhile, on Thursday reports emerged from Africans in China that the crackdown on Africans is wider than Guangzhou. One Ghanaian family in Beijing, with no recent travel history or contact with Covid-19, reported that police came to their apartment in the early hours of Thursday morning and ordered them to leave. The Ghanaian embassy in Beijing confirmed that two Ghanaian nationals were currently seeking refuge there, but declined to comment. Africans in Chengdu and Fujian province also told CNN they had been visited by community officials.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-10-27): A Phoenix television station accidentally aired a graphic that appeared to show it calling the election in favor of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs. The numbers were randomly generated mock election results released by The Associated Press as part of a system test.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2012-11-05): Claim: Two television stations aired 2012 election "results" early. [...] Even so, it will be interesting to compare the "results" broadcast over two weeks earlier with the actual 2012 returns. [...] Schortgen, Kenneth Jr. "Television Stations in Ohio and Arizona Announce Obama Victory Before Election." Examiner.com. 22 October 2012. The Daily Caller. "CBS News Affiliate Calls 2012 Presidential Race For Obama Weeks Ahead of Election." 21 October 2012.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2020-10-27): A Detroit TV station’s airing of "The Bachelorette" featured a sidebar that appeared to be showing results from the 2020 election a week before Election Day. [...] And, for some watchers in the Detroit area, the Oct. 27 episode also appeared to preview the results for the 2020 presidential election and other contests in Michigan. "2020 election results air a week early!" said the caption on one YouTube video viewed more than 95,000 times. [...] A YouTube video said a broadcast of ABC’s "The Bachelorette" showed the 2020 election results a week early.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-11-04): Viral social media posts are claiming that Fox 10 Phoenix aired election results of the Arizona gubernatorial race prior to the election, showing Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs winning in favor of her Republican opponent, Kari Lake. An Instagram post from Charlie Kirk, for example, claims that Fox 10 Phoenix station "displayed a graphic showing Katie Hobbs won the Arizona governor’s race 12 days before the election." While it’s true that the news station did air a graphic suggesting that Hobbs had won the election, this is not evidence of voter fraud. The graphic was accidentally aired and was part of a test, as the news station explained in a tweet on October 27.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-10-28): - A Fox affiliate station in Phoenix mistakenly shared test election results during a live newscast. [...] Fox 10 Phoenix said in a Thursday night statement that a small graphic with test results for an upcoming election appeared in the bottom left part of the screen during a live newscast at 5:50 p.m. local time. It said the results were generated and distributed by the Associated Press, which has historically provided election results to clients. [...] "Voter Intimidation Fox 10 Phoenix. Ballots are still being collected and your station does this!! No Excuse!!" another user said.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2020-10-31): Complete results will take more than a week. A monthlong head start in processing absentee ballots should help make sure a greater share of the results will be known on election night than were initially released in the snail’s-pace primary — but absentee ballots aren’t due until Nov. 13, so the state will continue to count and update the vote totals for at least 10 days after Election Day.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-09-25): Phoenix TV stations aired video Monday that showed two bullet holes in a door and two more in windows of the office.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-10-27): Phoenix TV station accidentally airs mock election results If Your Time is short - A Phoenix television station accidentally aired a graphic that appeared to show it calling the election in favor of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs. The numbers were randomly generated mock election results released by The Associated Press as part of a system test. [...] With Arizona’s gubernatorial election more than a week away, KSAZ-TV, Channel 10, a Fox affiliate in Phoenix, aired a graphic that showed a photo of Democratic candidate and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs next to the figure 53% and a checkmark, and a photo of Republican candidate Kari Lake next to the figure 47%.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2023-09-22): Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not. Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: Pennsylvania drop boxes were "pre-loaded" with ballots. Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a post: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate." Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Joe Biden said: "If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests." Instagram posts stated on August 19, 2021 in an Instagram post.: "Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts." Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective." [...] Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a post: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.
Claim: A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. (Instagram posts, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-11-08): The Fox affiliate in Phoenix last month accidentally aired during a live broadcast a test election result from the Associated Press showing the Democratic candidate for governor winning that state’s hard-fought election. The incident drew outrage from Republicans on social media, including the tweet above, although the station quickly acknowledged the mistake: "This graphic was never meant to go on air — the numbers were only part of a test. The station has taken steps to make sure this cannot happen again." [...] "There was not an expectation that the winner of the election would be quickly known until the 20th century," Greenberg said. "We now may have to live with the fact that results are going come in after a week or two."