This photo has circulated online since 2013 in reports about a protest in London, not India
Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. A photo of a man trampling on the Indian flag has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Sikh farmers desecrating the flag during protests in India over new agriculture laws. The claim, however, is false; this photo has circulated online since at least 2013 in reports about a protest in the UK. The photo was published here on Facebook on December 6, 2020. The post’s Hindi-language caption translates to English as: “Farmers’ protest does not mean that our national flag can be disrespected. I spi...
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