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Delhi Police examining financial transactions of arrested Alt News co-founder Zubair

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Wednesday wrote to multiple banks seeking information about bank account details and other financial transactions of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair who is under police custody over an "objectionable" tweet, officials said. Zubair was arrested on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments…

The Times of India

Twitter handle that flagged Mohammed Zubair's 2018 tweet deleted: Police sources

NEW DELHI: The anonymous Twitter handle, a complaint from which led to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair's arrest, does not exist on the microblogging website anymore. Sources in the Delhi Police said the Twitter handle that had raised the issue of Zubair's tweet has been deleted.

The Times of India

Twitter account that led to Mohammed Zubair’s arrest deactivated

This comes a day after Alt News co-founder’s counsel raised doubts about the account and motives of person operating it

The Hindu

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News channels lament India’s ‘Talibanisation’ after Udaipur killing, some blame Zubair

Rahul Shivshankar would like you to believe that Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair “enabled” the gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur.

Newslaundry

Chronicling the online campaign to jail Mohammed Zubair

On June 27, Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair was arrested for allegedly hurting Hindu religious sentiments. The supposed reason: a satirical post from four years ago that a now-deleted Twitter account called Hanuman Bhakt apparently found offensive and flagged to the Delhi police on June 19.

Newslaundry

Funding to 'non-cooperation': One-sided reportage on Zubair, with help from anonymous sources

Sources say that TV news channels’ reportage on Mohammad Zubair’s arrest has left a lot to be desired. They claim that cross-checking and balance were missing from several reports and the broadcasters over-reliant on the Delhi police. These sources then switched off the television and waited for the morning newspapers…

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Zubair arrest: UN says journalists shouldn’t be jailed for what they write or say

Journalists anywhere in the world should be allowed to express themselves freely and without the threat of harassment, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to a question about the arrest of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair.

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The Hindu

Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet, and say: UN spokesperson on Zubair’s arrest

Fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly hurting religious

The Hindu

‘Absolute hypocrisy,’ say activists on Zubair’s arrest as India commits to freedom of speech at G7 meet

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets posted in 2018

The Hindu

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair sent in 4-day police custody

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair has been remanded to four days in police custody.

Newslaundry

Who is Mohammed Zubair, the Indian journalist arrested by the Modi government?

Alt News co-founder has long been in the BJP’s crosshairs for his relentless debunking of fake news and false claims.

Al Jazeera

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair punished for speaking the truth: Opposition parties

Arrest of fact-checking website’s co-founder points to government’s hypocrisy, say Opposition leaders

The Hindu

Zubair’s arrest a violation of rights, abuse of power: Amnesty

ALT News co-founder was held by Delhi police on Monday for a tweet that “hurt religious sentiments”

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‘He’s a Hindu hater’: Arnab Goswami celebrates Alt News cofounder’s arrest

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair was arrested because, if you’re to believe Republic’s Arnab Goswami, he is a “Hindu hater” who “uses his social media handle repeatedly to insult Hindu divinities and Hindu gods”.

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Alt News cofounder's arrest is front-page news, even as India pledges to protect free speech online

Leading English newspapers today united in reporting last night's arrest of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair – an arrest described by the Committee to Protect Journalists as "another low for press freedom in India".

The Independent UK

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage

Police in India’s capital arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

The Hindu

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Al Jazeera

India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post

Delhi Police arrest the Muslim co-founder of leading fact-checking website, accusing him of insulting Hindu sentiments.

Reuters

Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist over Twitter post

Delhi police on Monday arrested the Muslim co-founder of a fact-checking website, accusing him of insulting religious beliefs on Twitter, a network of digital media organisations said, condemning it as an attempt to harass him for his journalism.

Newslaundry

Mohammed Zubair of Alt News arrested for 'disturbing religious harmony'

The Delhi police on Monday arrested Mohammed Zubair for allegedly disturbing religious harmony. The arrest comes less than a week after Twitter received a request from the Narendra Modi government claiming that Alt News co-founder’s account violated Indian laws.

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In UP, FIR against Alt News co-founder for calling Dharam Sansad case accused ‘hatemongers’

Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair after he called Yati Narasinghanand, Mahant Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop “hatemongers” in a Twitter post, the Wire reported.

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Times Now Navbharat falsely claims Hindu properties targeted in Alwar bulldozer drive: Alt News

A day after exposing News18, Republic Bharat and Aaj Tak shows – about a temple and several properties in Alwar being demolished as “revenge” for the controversial bulldozer action in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri – as false, Alt News has now found that Times Now Navbharat’s claims about “targeting” of Hindu properties…

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UP mahant’s rape threat: Republic, ABP, Aaj Tak skip it for Ukraine, Pak and azaan

A day after a video of a mahant threatening to abduct and rape Muslim women outside a mosque in Khairabad went viral, the National Commission for Women wrote to the UP DGP seeking action on Friday. But for a large section of the TV news media, it remained business as…

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Days before violence at Kejriwal's house, Alt News busted doctored video shared by BJP leaders

Two days before BJP workers clashed with police outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s house while protesting against an alleged denial of atrocities faced by Kashmiri Pandits, fact-checking website Alt News had clarified that a video clip used by BJP leaders to rake up the issue was misleading.

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