The claim: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was arrested for crimes against humanity

More than 6,000 Facebook users have shared an article that claims World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been arrested for crimes against humanity and genocide, according to social media data aggregator CrowdTangle.

The article claims he was arrested because he took part in a conspiracy to misinform the public about COVID-19 and helped push "unnecessary and deadly vaccines on the human population."

The Vancouver Times, a self-described satirical website that readers often confuse for a credible news outlet, published the article on July 24. The website has previously spread viral misinformation about public figures and COVID-19.

The article about the WHO Director-General has been shared by numerous Facebook users as fact.

"GOOD!!!!" one user captioned the article in a July 25 post to the Juan O Savin Facebook group, which has more than 40,000 members.

In a statement, the WHO said Ghebreyesus was not arrested. USA TODAY found no evidence to support the claim.

USA TODAY reached out to the Vancouver Times and several users who shared the post for comment.

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Ghebreyesus has not been arrested, per WHO

The claim that Ghebreyesus was arrested is false, a WHO spokesperson said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY in an email.

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