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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

The Hindu

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.

Newslaundry

Press freedom in death throes as autocrats shutter media outlets of Nobel laureates

Less than a year after journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were anointed the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for press freedom, both their media outlets have been forcibly closed.

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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

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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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…

Newslaundry

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.

Newslaundry

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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

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

The Hindu

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

Police allowed to seize phone, laptop

Newslaundry

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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”

Newslaundry

‘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”.

Newslaundry

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

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.

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