{"id":1571785,"date":"2022-07-26T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571785"},"modified":"2022-07-26T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T17:22:28","slug":"fact-check-was-the-director-of-the-world-health-organization-arrested-for-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-the-director-of-the-world-health-organization-arrested-for-crimes-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was The Director Of The World Health Organization Arrested For \u2018Crimes Against Humanity\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-the-director-of-the-world-health-organization-arrested-for-crimes-against-humanity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2017-11-22T095731Z_440551249_RC149E960620_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-WHO-scaled-e1658770584801.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jo.llewellyn.98\/posts\/pfbid02gHYYgsf7VZ4udcxQbVqsmmbdo1hv8R5vB35LdKZSWrAjg8TEjsr96Jjc86HyiaEPl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims World Health Organization (WHO) Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was arrested for \u201ccrimes against humanity and genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Ghebreyesus has been arrested or charged with any crime. The claim stems from a satirical website.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ghebreyesus was elected to serve a five-year term as Director-General of the WHO in 2017 and was re-elected to the position in May 2022, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/24-05-2022-world-health-assembly-re-elects-dr-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-to-second-term-as-who-director-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release<\/a> from the organization. The director-general recently acted as a tiebreaker for a decision by the agency to declare monkeypox a \u201cglobal health emergency,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/whos-tedros-acted-tie-breaker-break-disagreement-over-monkeypox-designation-2022-07-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a Facebook post shows a screengrab of a tweet purporting Ghebreyesus was arrested by agents of Interpol for \u201ccrimes against humanity and genocide.\u201d The original tweet has received over 300 retweets as of publication time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What do we have here?\ud83e\udd14<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7q4Wld2e6\">https:\/\/t.co\/p7q4Wld2e6<\/a><br \/>WHO director arrested for crimes against humanity<br \/>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus current director of the World Health Organization (WHO) has been arrested by Interpol and is being held in prison for crimes against humanity and genocide <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ffzXaHXv2s\">pic.twitter.com\/ffzXaHXv2s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sonja P \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Sonjap1984) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sonjap1984\/status\/1551400793336467457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The claim is baseless, however. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=WHO+director+arrested+for+crimes+against+humanity%2C+the+WEF+may+be+next&#038;oq=WHO+director+arrested+for+crimes+against+humanity%2C+the+WEF+may+be+next&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i3j69i60l3.134j0j15&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> suggesting Ghebreyesus has been arrested or charged with any crime by any international court. Neither the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/home\/search?indexCatalogue=genericsearchindex1&#038;searchQuery=Ghebreyesus%20arrest&#038;wordsMode=AnyWord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO<\/a> nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/en\/Search-Page?search=Ghebreyesus+arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interpol<\/a> has issued a statement about Ghebreyesus\u2019 alleged arrest on their respective websites. There is likewise no mention of such an action on the verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/154163327962392\/search\/?q=WHO%20director%20arrested%20for%20crimes%20against%20humanity%2C%20the%20WEF%20may%20be%20next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22WHO%20director%20arrested%20for%20crimes%20against%20humanity%2C%20the%20WEF%20may%20be%20next%22%20(from%3AWHO)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/who\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064741174465\/search\/?q=WHO%20Arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=World%20Health%20Organization%20(from%3AINTERPOL_HQ)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">either<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/who\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A keyword search reveals the claim stems from a July 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouvertimes.org\/who-director-arrested-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published by the Vancouver Times, an online satire website. The site <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouvertimes.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identifies<\/a> itself as \u201cthe most trusted source for satire on the West Coast.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/05\/29\/fact-check-bill-gates-anthony-fauci-who-cdc-tribunal-war-crimes-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: FACT CHECK: Have Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, The WHO, And Others Been Charged For War Crimes?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to the WHO and Interpol for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The claim stems from a satirical article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}