Fact check: Belarus protest falsely shared as far-right London march

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A video of an anti-government protest in Belarus in 2020 has been circulated online, with netizens claiming it is from a far-right London march in October 2024.

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00:00Belarus protests falsely tagged as far-right London march.

00:08A misleading video has gone viral on social media, supposedly showing a far-right demonstration in London in October 2024.

00:17The 19-second video shows a large crowd with people waving red and white flags,

00:24packing a main street with overlapping text that reads,

00:30The footage has been shared on different accounts on TikTok and X,

00:35claiming 300,000 British nationalists gathered in London on the 26th of October

00:42with references to far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

00:46However, the claims are false.

00:55The video actually shows an anti-government protest in the Belarusian capital of Minsk in August 2020.

01:03Taking a closer look, we can identify with the help of reverse image search,

01:09Minsk's Independent Street and its Independence Square as the camera pans along in the video.

01:16A wave of protests swept Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in the 2020 presidential election.

01:28However, opponents said the election was manipulated and demonstrators took to the streets.

01:45Lukashenko denied these claims and said that foreign powers were behind the protests.

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