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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…

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

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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

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BJP slams Opposition for protesting Teesta, Zubair arrests

Protesting Zubair’s arrest along with criticism of action against Setalvad points to ‘poisonous ecosystem’, says BJP spokesperson

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‘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

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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s police custody extended by four days

Police allowed to seize phone, laptop

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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