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Sunday, June 21, 2026

False claim about Covid-19 vaccine genocide convictions spreads online - AFP Factcheck

Social media posts claim public figures including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, and Pope Francis have been convicted of genocide and face arrest over their support for Covid-19 vaccination. This is false; the Canadian government and independent experts say the document shared as evidence does not come from a legitimate court.

"Big Pharma, Government Leaders Face Arrest as Court Convicts them of Genocide, prohibits injections," says the title of a video posted on Rumble on January 15, 2022 that has been watched tens of thousands of times.

The video features a man named Kevin Annett, who elsewhere describes himself as one of the three national conveners of the Republic of Kanata, a self-proclaimed independent entity located within Canada's borders.

Annett presents himself in the video as a "chief advisor to the Common Law Court of Justice," and refers to an article he published that makes similar claims.

The article includes a document dated January 15 that says a "common law court" has convicted people including Trudeau, Queen Elizabeth and the chief executives of pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline of "Crimes against Humanity" over the shots.

Ian McLeod, a spokesman for the Department of Justice Canada, told AFP: "The International Common Law Court of Justice is not a recognized international court, and has no authority in Canada."

Independent legal experts agreed.

Frédéric Mégret, professor of Law at McGill University,...



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