Claim: Publishing or sharing identifiable pictures of prisoners of war is a breach of the Geneva Convention.
Fact-check: Is sharing photographs of prisoners of war banned by the Geneva Convention? - Full Fact
Verdict: the relevant geneva convention does not explicitly ban the publication of photographs of prisoners of war. nor does it apply to people who are not involved in the conflict. but the government and british red cross say that such pictures should not usually be published.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-03-16T00:00:00