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Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-16): An eyewitness who saw the Yeti Airlines plane crash from his balcony on Sunday morning has recounted how he saw the aircraft flying so dangerously low and and close to his home that he feared he was going to die. [...] The Yeti Airlines twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was carrying 72 people – four crew members and 68 passengers – when it crashed, killing at least 68 people, though no survivors are expected to be found. [...] Nepal plane crash: Yeti Airlines passenger films final moments before crash
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-16): KATHMANDU, Nepal — There are "no survivors" from the Yeti Airlines plane crash near Nepal’s new Pokhara Airport, authorities said Monday. [...] Video footage showed the aircraft, an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop propeller plane, flying low and tilting to its side seconds before it went down. Other videos posted online showed the plane on fire, with large plumes of smoke emerging from the crash site as dozens of people crowded around it. [...] In May, 22 people were killed in a crash on a flight involving another twin-propeller plane operated by Tara Air, a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines. The plane departed from Pokhara’s old airport and was headed for Jomson, a tourist town about 20 minutes away.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-18): Sonu Jaiswal, 25, was on the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that plummeted into a gorge just as it was scheduled to land in Pokhara on Sunday, killing all 72 on board. [...] 🚨Trigger Warning🚨#NepalPlaneCrash | A chilling video has surfaced online which shows Indian passenger, Sonu Jaiswal, was streaming a #Facebook live moments before the plane crashed.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-17): Footage recorded by a passenger on board the airplane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday shows how the aircraft tilted sharply in the air seconds before crashing to the ground. The failed landing killed 69 of the 72 people on board, making it the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades. Using satellite images, Reuters new agency was able to confirm that the accident took place in Pokhara. Additionally, the headrests seen in the video also bear the Yeti Airlines logo and the wing configuration matches archival footage of the aircraft. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plane took off from the capital, Kathmandu, and was destined to land in Nepal’s tourist city of Pokhara, the gateway to a popular hiking area in the Himalayas, after a 27-minute trip. A dramatic video shot on a smartphone from the ground shows the last moments before the plane crashed in a gorge about 1.6 kilometers (a mile) from newly opened Pokhara International Airport. The aircraft’s nose is noticeably high before the left wing suddenly drops and the plane falls out of sight of the video, indicating a likely stall, said Amit Singh, an experienced pilot and founder of India’s Safety Matters Foundation. Yeti Airlines spokesman Pemba Sherpa said the cause of the crash was under investigation. Those on board the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft included three infants and three children, the Civil Aviation Authority’s statement said.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-17): Harrowing footage authentically depicts the final moments of an airplane crash in Nepal on Jan. 15, 2023, from a Facebook Live video taken by a passenger. A group of Indian friends appeared to be enjoying themselves as they recorded the plane's descent into the town of Pokhara. The flight carried 72 passengers and crew, and no one was believed to have survived. [...] Numerous independent media reports and local fact-checkers, who reached out to family and friends of the Indian passengers, confirmed the footage as real; a close analysis of the footage also confirmed it to be in the Yeti Airlines flight that was landing in Pokhara. [...] The plane crash is believed to be the deadliest one in Nepal in the last 30 years. Aviation accidents are not uncommon in the country due to the remote runways, hazardous weather conditions, and difficult mountain terrains. Poor regulations and a lack of investment had also been blamed. The European Union has banned Nepalese airlines from its airspace over concerns about their training and maintenance standards.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-17): A video has captured the final moments before a passenger plane nosedived and crashed in Nepal, killing all 72 onboard. The plane, a Yeti Airlines flight, was making a 27-minute trek from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara when it crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport. [...] Footage taken from inside the aircraft showed passengers chatting as the plane started making its descent.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-17): Authorities in Nepal began returning the remains of victims from last week's plane crash to the mourning families Tuesday as cellphone video that captured the last moments inside the plane became widely distributed on social media. All 68 passengers and a crew of four perished on the Yeti Airlines flight Sunday, and all but one body has been recovered, authorities said. [...] Yeti Airlines Flight NYT691 crashed at about 10:50 a.m. local time as it approached the airport, the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said. The plane was completing a 27-minute flight from Kathmandu. Prem Nath Thakur, general manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, said the plane had been granted landing clearance. The weather was clear, there was very little wind, and the pilots reported no technical issues, he said.
Claim: A footage inside the Yeti Airline plane in that accident !! (Social Media Users, 2023-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-19): In the moments before Nepal’s deadliest air crash in decades on Sunday, four friends from India who were onboard began excitedly recording the descent on a Facebook live video. [...] The harrowing video indicates that the 68 passengers and four staff onboard the Yeti Airlines flight had no idea the plane was in danger before an explosion just as it was landing. [...] Nepal’s air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas, as well as foreign trekkers and climbers. But it has also been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance. In May 2022, all 22 people onboard a plane operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air died when it crashed, and in March 2018, 51 people died when a US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed near Kathmandu.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-03-30): The claims regarding the number of street children and child beggars in Sri Lanka, particularly the assertion of 30,000 children begging in the streets, lack empirical support and are based on speculative hypotheses rather than formal surveys or research. While concerns regarding the welfare of vulnerable children are valid, it is crucial to rely on verified data and evidence-based research when addressing such issues. Efforts to clarify the origins and accuracy of these estimates should continue through transparent methodologies and collaborations between relevant authorities, academics, and organisations dedicated to child welfare in Sri Lanka.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-04): About 30,000 street children in Sri Lanka There are between 15,000 and 30,000 street children in the country, according to the last study on the subject, Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, Chairman of the Professional Forum of Physicians on Medical and Civil Rights, has said. [...] Dr. Sanjeewa expressed concern over the vulnerability of the street children, noting that they were often subjected to abuse and easily drawn into transporting narcotics. A significant number also ended up working as sex workers or beggars. He highlighted that many female child sex workers became underage mothers.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2022-08-25): Devastating crisis for children in Sri Lanka is a cautionary tale for South Asia [...] "Sri Lanka, a country normally known for its rapid economic growth and booming tourism, is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Families are skipping regular meals as staple foods become unaffordable. Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from – in a country which already had South Asia’s second highest rate of severe acute malnutrition. [...] "More reports are already emerging of increase in abuse, exploitation and violence against children due to the mounting economic pressure. There are already over 10,000 children in institutional care in Sri Lanka, mainly as a result of poverty. Such institutions are not the best place for a child to grow up in, as they lack the bond of a family. Unfortunately, the current crisis is pushing more and more families to take their children to these institutions as they cannot afford to provide for them, including feeding.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2022-01-05): Sri Lanka still bears the consequences of the decades-long conflict, uneven development and the 2004 Tsunami. The negative impacts add up: disrupted learning, dislocation of communities, unsafe environments, mass trauma, and a lack of government and civil society capacity to deal with many development issues. The development phase we are now in requires actors to build capacity of civil society and government, and not to withdraw. This is the gap that Street Child seeks to fill. The COVID-19 pandemic is aggravating an existing education crisis, which threatens to worsen post-conflict inequalities by depriving children of life opportunities. By partnering with grassroots organisations in Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka, Street Child is rapidly responding to the learning needs of the most marginalised students. These students’ opportunities for continued education have been severely affected by prolonged school closure and a lack of alternative methods for learning during the COVID-19 crisis. [...] Since 2017, Street Child has worked to enhance the provision of quality education in five districts in the North and East of Sri Lanka. In these regions, children have historically failed to reach their full potential due to challenges of teaching quality and under-resourced schools.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2020-12-22): Street Children in Sri Lanka [...] Consortium for Street Children is working with our global network to provide crucial support to street children, and help them access the services, information, and legal protection they need throughout the pandemic. [...] Street children are one of the world’s most invisible populations, overlooked by governments, law and policymakers and many others in society. To address this, CSC and our partner Baker McKenzie created the Legal Atlas, to put information about laws affecting street children directly into their -and their advocates’ – hands.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2022-08-29): Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia [...] The alert from the UN Children’s Fund, comes as Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump since independence in 1948. [...] Similarly, in Sri Lanka, there are already over 10,000 children in institutional care, mainly as a result of poverty. These institutions do not provide the key familial support that is essential for childhood development.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2022-04-08): UNICEF STATEMENT ON CHILDREN PROTESTING IN SRI LANKA Colombo, 8 April 2022-"Children’s rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, including in peaceful protest, are enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Sri Lanka has signed and ratified. In exercising these rights, children must not be manipulated. They should be given the opportunity to meaningfully voice their own concerns and participate in matters that affect their futures, and they need to be listened to. All actors must refrain from violence, and fundamental guarantees for the protection of children must remain applicable everywhere, at all times. As the Government of Sri Lanka works to resolve the current situation, UNICEF urges that such efforts prioritize the needs of children and safeguard their rights to education and health in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, always keeping in mind the best interest of the child."
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2023-09-06): Claiming that there are reports of children and women being mostly used for begging, State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe said steps will be taken to curb this practice. [...] During the discussion it was revealed that the use of children and women for begging has become a business as it is a common practice to hire children for begging, while some children are given drugs and used for begging, and women pretend to be pregnant. [...] The State Ministers directed the officials to take steps to obtain the relevant data on the beggars in this country through the survey of beggars to be carried out by the Department of Social Services in September.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2019-04-03): Realizing Children’s Rights in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s record since the end of the 20th century through 2009 has been quite tragic : armed conflict has claimed the lives of nearly 100,000 people and displaced another 300,000 or so, plus there was a tsunami that claimed nearly 30,000 victims. Sri Lanka’s children have suffered a great deal and have only barely begun to dream of a better future [...] Children have not been spared from the bloody conflict that has engulfed Sri Lanka over the past decades. The war has affected their situation in more ways than one. Thousands of people have died or disappeared during these years, often leaving their children to carry on by themselves. Life for these orphans has proven difficult. Some of the more fortunate have been united with their families, but most of them remain abandoned, homeless and without access to any form of aid.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2021-12-22): Lives in the Street – Challenges, Abuse, and Protection of Street Elders in Sri Lanka. [...] Aging is marked remarkable changes in peoples’ lives since it is encountered with a huge number of issues such loneliness, lack of income, medical issues, with the decline of their physical strength. In world perspective Zoyza,T.D (2014) states that: one out of every ten person in the world today belongs to the category of older people. In another perspective, rapidly growth aging population badly created social, economic, and cultural issues. This study has attempted to focus the challenges, abuse, and protection of the lives of elders who are begging in the streets. Main research problem of this study was "Being economically inactive pushes elders to street life? Three main research objectives were formulated in line with the main research problem of this study. To identify the purposes for begging in the streets, to identify main challenges street elders are facing present. To identify the ways that they abuse in the street lives were major research objectives. Study, within an exploratory background Case studies were descriptively analyzed in a qualitative research design. Study population were purposely selected as street elders above 60 years 15 males and 35 females respectively around in Nugegoda,Kelaniya and Bellanwila geographical area.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-03-27): Colombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) - A study revealed that the number of underage street children begging all around the country is between 20,000 and 30,000. [...] He told the Daily Mirror that the estimated figure was determined through informal discussions held in those areas, drawing from previous surveys conducted by a specific non-governmental organization (NGO) in 2019. He noted that, according to the data from these surveys, approximately 15,000 underage street children were identified across the country. [...] Meanwhile, National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) Chairman Chanaka Udyakumara Amarasinghe said that the use of children in begging is a criminal offense. While commenting on the issue, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshbandu Tennakoon said that although there is the possibility of taking child beggars into police custody, the existing legal obstacles to taking action against them have become a problem.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-03-28): A recent study conducted by Senior Professor Wasantha Athukorala from the Statistics and Data Studies Department at Peradeniya University has shed light on the alarming issue of underage street children begging across the country, estimating their numbers to be between 20,000 and 30,000. [...] Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Professor Athukorala explained that the estimated figure was derived from informal discussions in these areas, drawing from previous surveys conducted by a specific non-governmental organization (NGO) in 2019. He noted that these surveys had identified approximately 15,000 underage street children across the country. [...] Meanwhile, Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA), Chanaka Udyakumara Amarasinghe, emphasized that using children for begging is a criminal offense. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshbandu Tennakoon acknowledged the challenge in taking action against child beggars due to existing legal obstacles, although there is the possibility of taking them into police custody.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-02-26): Comments - Alarming Rise in Sri Lanka’s Child Begging Crisis
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-04): There are between 15,000 and 30,000 street children in the country, according to the last study on the subject, Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, Chairman of the Professional Forum of Physicians on Medical and Civil Rights, has said. Speaking at a press conference in Colombo, on Thursday, he said the majority of those children tended to gather near places of worship and large business areas. Dr. Sanjeewa expressed concern over the vulnerability of the street children, noting that they were often subjected to abuse and easily drawn into transporting narcotics. A significant number also ended up working as sex workers or beggars. He highlighted that many female child sex workers became underage mothers.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-03-27): The media reports quoting Wasantha Athukorala, a senior professor at Peradeniya University’s Department of Statistics and Data Studies, that the number of minor street children begging around the island is about thirty thousand. [...] Parents or temporary guardians take steps to employ these young children in begging as well as in other money-making activities. The professor also mentioned that most of the children between the age of 04-15 who beg alone or with adults in the centers of crowded cities, shrines etc. do not go to school.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Since gaining independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has made considerable progress in improving the day-to-day lives of its citizens and children. Despite the traumas of a civil conflict, a spate of natural disasters and a legacy of political, legal and institutional change, Sri Lanka has done well to advance the situation of children across the country. [...] "...to accelerate the realization of child rights for all children in Sri Lanka, including the most deprived, while promoting strategic investments in children and adolescents to enhance Sri Lanka’s cognitive capital as the basis for sustainable development"
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-03-27): Several pressing issues have arisen as there is an estimated 30,000 street children, who engage in begging, in various locations across the country, Wasantha Athukorala, a senior professor in the Department of Economics and Statistics, at the University of Peradeniya, revealed. [...] Expressing his views on the matter, Professor Athukorala emphasised the gravity of the situation, describing it as a pressing concern that profoundly impacts the future. He noted the absence of a proper data system maintained by the government regarding these children and stresses that the government’s responsibility is to establish an accurate data system. Without intervention, he warned that the number of street children may continue to rise, potentially leading to increased criminal activities such as drug use, trafficking, theft, fraud and sexual abuse. Research findings reveal that parents or temporary guardians often exploit these young children for begging and other money-making activities. Many of these children, aged between 4 and 15, who engage in begging alone or accompany adults in bustling cities and religious sites, are deprived of education, he said.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The situation of children working and/or living on the street is viewed as a violation of the rights of children. The five major causes for children to take to the streets are poverty and large families; unemployment/ underemployment; limited access to basic social services; breakdown of family structures; and the shift from traditional values that tend to be consumeristic and materialistic. The immediate trigger is often physical or sexual abuse within the family. When these children experience family problems, hunger, neglect and domestic violence, they escape from their homes and live part-time, or even full-time on the streets. Some are simply abandoned.
Claim: Around 30,000 children are begging in the streets of Sri Lanka !! (Social Media Users, 2024-03-30)
Evidence (2024-08-28): Consider this. You walk past wizened older ladies, crouched along the winding paths in Cat Cat Village, wearing rags for clothes, pleading for money. You see tiny children in traditional clothing, begging. Ask yourself – do you feel comfortable dressing up, just like them, to have your photo taken on a horse whilst holding a gun, reminiscent of the wild west? [...] However, as mentioned above, I’m pretty sure that the older women begging on the streets haven’t given their permission, and the tiny babies who wander around with their hands out don’t understand why richer children from other places on the planet are dressed like them.