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‘Har Har Shambhu’ row: How TV news manufactured a ‘fatwa campaign’ over a cleric’s remark

Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s largest Islamic seminary, is back in the headlines for another “fatwa”, reported first by news agency ANI and amplified by sections of the legacy media – ostensibly to manufacture a controversy where none existed.

Newslaundry

NL Interview with Zubair: ‘They said India is so poor, why would anyone donate to you for fact-checking?’

You’re back in Bangalore? With your family? How has it been since you returned home?

Newslaundry

I think I was made an example for others: Mohammed Zubair

Alt News co-founder says Supreme Court judgment on his bail is a landmark verdict in protecting liberties

The Hindu

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 229: Assam student jailed, Alt News cofounder bailed

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Pratyush Deep.

Newslaundry

‘Welcome’, ‘hopeful’, and why India needs a bail law: Editorials on Zubair’s release

“Fortifying freedom” and “why we need a bail law” – this was the crux of two editorials in leading newspapers on the Supreme Court granting Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair interim bail in all the cases filed against him. After 23 days, Zubair walked out of jail last night.

Newslaundry

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair walks out of Tihar as Supreme Court grants bail in U.P. cases

Supreme Court Bench slams Uttar Pradesh saying the exercise of power of arrest must be pursued sparingly

The Hindu

‘Power of arrest must be pursued sparingly’: Supreme Court gives Zubair bail in all cases

Twenty three days after his arrest, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair in all six cases registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh police. He had already got interim bail in the case registered against him by the Delhi police for insulting…

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India court orders release of journalist Mohammed Zubair on bail

Alt News co-founder was arrested last month after an anonymous Twitter user lodged complaint over a four-year-old tweet.

Al Jazeera

India's top court orders release of jailed Muslim journalist

India’s top court has granted bail to a Muslim journalist more than three weeks after he was detained for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweets

The Independent UK

India court orders release on bail of journalist over 'provocative' tweet

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of a prominent journalist arrested last month over what police said was a "highly provocative" 2018 tweet aimed at straining ties between majority Hindus and minority Muslims.

Reuters

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair

The protection of bail will by default also apply to any future FIRs registered against him.

The Hindu

SC directs UP police not to take precipitative action against Mohammad Zubair in FIRs till July 20

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh police not to take any precipitative action against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in any of the FIRs filed in the state till July 20. Read more on Dynamite News

Dynamite News

SC asks Uttar Pradesh to not take any action against Zubair without its nod

Bench has said the ‘vicious cycle’ of cases filed by the State Police against the Alt News co-founder for his tweets seem to have ‘similar content’

The Hindu

Mohammed Zubair denied bail in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Case relates to fact-checking a report broadcast by Hindi television channel.

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Delhi court grants bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair

Court also holds that Mr. Zubair exercised due diligence to stop foreign contributions to his website Alt News

Newslaundry

‘Dissent is necessary’: Five takeaways from Delhi court’s bail order for Zubair

Granting bail to Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair on Friday, judge Devender Kumar Jangala held that dissent was necessary for a healthy democracy.

Dynamite News

Delhi court grants bail to Mohd Zubair in objectionable tweet case

Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangla granted bail to Zubair and directed him to deposit a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 and one like amount surety. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Zubair gets bail in case over 2018 tweet, but will stay in jail

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair in a case filed against him by the Delhi police for hurting religious sentiments through a 2018 tweet that an anonymous tweeter had found offensive. Zubair, however, will remain in jail as he has been remanded in…

Newslaundry

'We don’t go by tweets': Court to cops in Delhi case against Zubair

Hearing the bail plea of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, who was arrested last month in connection with a case filed in the national capital over a 2018 tweet, a Delhi court Thursday asked why the statement of the “victim” was not recorded.

The Hindu

Delhi court reserves order on Mohammed Zubair's bail plea

New Delhi A Delhi court on July 14 reserved the order on the bail plea filed by Alt News co-founder

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country; 75 kg of heroin seized near Mundra port in Gujarat, and more

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The Hindu

Alt News co-founder Zubair’s bail plea in Delhi case deferred to July 14

Mr. Zubair had moved a fresh bail application in this case before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Jangala

Newslaundry

Court adjourns Zubair’s bail hearing in Delhi case, SC extends interim bail in UP case

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea – linked to an FIR filed in Delhi – has been adjourned and will now be heard on July 14, while his interim bail in another case filed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur has been extended till September 7.

The Hindu

Lakhimpur Kheri court sends Alt News co-founder Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

Lakhimpur Kheri (U.P.) A court in Uttar pradesh sent Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day j

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