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| - Fact Check: This rioting video DOES NOT show recent fuel price protests in Bangladesh - it's from 2013
AFWA's investigation found the video was shot way back in 2013 during a protest in Bangladesh. It had nothing to do with the recent protests.
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Although such protests are indeed going on in Bangladesh against the fuel price hike, the video is from May 5, 2013. It shows protests by Islamic hardliners near Dhaka demanding an anti-blasphemy law.
Bangladesh recently witnessed a massive hike in fuel prices resulting in massive protests and demonstrations across the country. Amid this, a video of violent protests and vandalism began making rounds on social media.
People shared the minute-and-a-half-long clip and claimed the video showed people's anger following their government's decision to hike fuel prices.
A verified Twitter account called “Wall Street Silver” shared this video alongside a caption that said, "Bangladesh. Protests and hard clashes have erupted in several cities after the government decided to increase petrol prices by 51 per cent and diesel by 42 per cent effective from midnight. Huge lines are reported at petrol stations all over Bangladesh."
Bangladesh protests and hard clashes have erupted in several cities after the government has decided to increase petrol prices by 51% and diesel by 42% effective midnight.
Huge lines are reported at petrol stations all over Bangladesh
sound pic.twitter.com/JQmUsLBIAD — Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 7, 2022
ABP News and India News also used these visuals in their recent news reports on the Bangladesh crisis. Zee News Gujarati also used a screengrab from the same video to report recent protests in Bangladesh.
, - 51.7% #BangladeshEconomicCrisis #BangladeshProtest #petrolPriceHike @rashid_hashmi pic.twitter.com/cwVT9XcCf1 — India News (@IndiaNews_itv) August 7, 2022
Archived versions of all these posts can be seen here, here, and here.
AFWA's investigation found this video was shot way back in 2013 during a protest in the country. It had nothing to do with the recent protests.
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A reverse search of the keyframes from the viral video took us to a YouTube video from May 6, 2013. A United Kingdom-based news outlet, Channel 4 News, uploaded this clip.
"Bangladesh riots: Islamist hardliners fight with police", the caption of the video said. The description of the video further noted that Islamic hardliners engaged in a fierce battle with the police demanding an anti-blasphemy law.
Subsequent searches led us to a report in The New York Times published on May 6, 2013. The report mentioned that clashes took place on May 5, 2013, in the capital city of Dhaka. This resulted in the death of at least 22 people. Per the report, three security officers were beaten to death while a dozen other people were killed, including protesters shot by the police.
A CNN report further said that activists of a radical Islamic organisation named Hefazat-e-Islam blocked nearly all the roads leading into Dhaka, pressing a list of demands including the anti-blasphemy statute. The same video was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of The Telegraph on May 6, 2013, confirming that this clip was nearly nine years old.
Thus, we can safely conclude that the viral video does not show recent violent protests in Bangladesh against the massive fuel price hike.
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