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Arshdeep trolling: BJP leader files complaint against Zubair for ‘conspiring’ with ‘Pakistani elements’

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a police complaint against Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, accusing him of working with “Pak agencies” to set a “Khalistani” narrative against cricketer Arshdeep Singh.

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Morning Digest | WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency; interview with Mohammed Zubair, and more

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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

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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.

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Hafta letters: Yeh Bhi Theek Hai, RSS podcast, privilege of bail

I listened to the first two episodes of Yeh Bhi Theek Hai podcast and, frankly, I found them quite underwhelming. Particularly, the flow of discussion did not feel coherent. In the second episode, the topic of respecting elders was just odd and not interesting at all. This might just be…

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‘Important to know who is a fact-checker’: I&B minister in Rajya Sabha

It is important to know who is a fact-checker and also to ensure that nobody creates tensions in society in the guise of fact-checking, union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur has said in the Rajya Sabha.

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Letters to the Editor — July 22, 2022

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Welcome relief: On bail to Mohammed Zubair

It is not a good sign that Supreme Court has become the sole forum to protect personal liberty

The Hindu

‘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.

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Morning Digest | Sonia Gandhi to appear before ED today; China plans another highway in Aksai Chin along India border, and more

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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…

Newslaundry

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

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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.

The Hindu

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.

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'He gets bail in one case and is remanded in another': Supreme Court on 'vicious cycle' involving Zubair

As soon as Mohammed Zubair "gets bail in one, he is remanded in another", the Supreme Court said today, describing it as a "vicious cycle".

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The Hindu

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’

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Despite Supreme Court observations, bail is still not the norm

Once got, the conditions imposed on the accused, even by the top court, remain stringent, to say the least

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Congress MP plans to bring bill seeking compensation, govt job for those 'wrongly jailed'

Mohammad Jawaid says alleged targeting of Mohammed Zubair had a bearing on his decision

The Hindu

Morning Digest | NDA declares West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as vice-presidential candidate; Chinese President meets PLA border troops involved in LAC stand-off, and more

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Five FIRs still pending against Mohammed Zubair in U.P.

One of the FIRs against him has been registered for the rioting in Hathras on June 10 after the Friday namaz but does not mention Zubair, his work or social media activity

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72 ex-bureaucrats ask Attorney General to check witch hunt of people exercising right to free speech

The former civil servants specifically referred to “the continued detention and deprivation of personal civil liberties of Mohammed Zubair on charges that would not stand the barest of legal scrutiny”.

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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