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Inside the Alt News office after Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

It had seemed a regular Monday evening for Kalim Ahmed, 22, a writer at Alt News, when he reached home after shutting his office in Kolkata on June 27. But then a message from the factchecking platform’s director Nirjhari Sinha popped on his screen, informing him of the arrest of…

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Zubair case: CJAR demands probe after police ‘revealed’ information to media before court order

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms issued a statement today expressing concerns about the conduct of the police in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in Mohammed Zubair’s case.

Newslaundry

Alt News denies FCRA violations

Razorpay blocks donations to Alt News for a day after FCRA charges

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UP: Now, Sitapur court remands Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

LUCKNOW: Delhi Police on Monday brought Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Sitapur in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweet on Mahant Bajrang Muni, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati and Swami Anand Swaroop.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Police bring Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair from Tihar, produce him in Sitapur court

The Times of India

I hang my head in shame: Kapil Sibal on state of judiciary

Kapil Sibal said Emergency was declared by virtue of powers that were provided for in the Constitution.

The Hindu

Mohammed Zubair | The man who chased facts

The Alt News journalist was arrested over a tweet of an image from an old film

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Over 100 concerned citizens demand immediate release of Mohammed Zubair

“We apprehend that police may tamper with the seized material and build a false conspiracy to implicate him”

The Hindu

Zubair denied bail, sent to 14-day judicial custody

A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair’s plea for bail and sent him in police custody for 14 more days, Live Law reported.

Newslaundry

Delhi Police officer admits to improper leak about Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea

Mr. Zubair’s lawyer called it ‘scandalous’ and said the court was yet to pronounce its order.

The Hindu

Journalists rely on Delhi cop to report falsely on Zubair’s bail hearing

As a Delhi court was wrapping up the custody and bail hearing of Mohammed Zubair on Saturday, journalists, media organisations as well as news agency ANI reported that the Alt News journalist had been denied bail. The source appeared to be KPS Malhotra, head of the Delhi police’s cyber crime…

Newslaundry

High Court issues notice to Delhi Police on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s plea against police remand

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India top court: Nupur Sharma must apologise for prophet remarks

Sharma’s ‘loose tongue set the country on fire’, says Supreme Court while hearing complaints against ex-BJP spokeswoman.

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Morning Digest | BJP does not work for the CM’s post, says Maharashtra Deputy CM Fadnavis; Single-use plastic banned from today, and more

Eknath Shinde is Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis his deputy

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The police and the journalist

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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s home in Bengaluru searched

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Twitter account that led to Zubair’s arrest back online

The account’s June 19 tweet, its first since its creation in Oct. 2021, formed the basis for the FIR

The Hindu

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair moves Delhi HC against police remand

As per the trial court's order, Mohammed Zubair would be next produced before it on July 2 upon the expiry of the four-day police remand

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Udaipur murder | 'We call for full respect of all religions, ensuring different communities can live in harmony, peace': U.N. spokesperson

United Nations U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the full respect of all religions a

Newslaundry

Zubair’s arrest: Five cases that illustrate Alt News cofounder's role in flagging hate speech online

On June 7, Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair posted the following on Twitter, after the social media platform sent him multiple emails about requests it had received from the police on Zubair’s tweets “violating” the law.

The Hindu

Theatre of the absurd: On Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

Zubair’s arrest is another instance of the Centre’s characteristic intolerance

The Times of India

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

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

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 Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Left parties condemn arrest of Teesta Setalvad, Mohammed Zubair

‘People questioning the BJP-led Central govt. are being put behind bars’

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