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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.

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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".

Newslaundry

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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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair seeks urgent hearing in SC on his plea against FIRs

NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Monday sought an urgent listing of his plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious feelings.

The Times of India

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

The Hindu

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

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Lakhimpur Kheri court denies bail to Mohammed Zubair

BAREILLY: The court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Ruchi Srivastava on Saturday denied bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case filed in Lakhimpur Kheri for allegedly "promoting enmity" through a tweet.

The Times of India

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

The Hindu

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”.

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The Hindu

Mohammed Zubair denied bail in Lakhimpur Kheri case

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

Newslaundry

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The Hindu

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.

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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:

Newslaundry

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…

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Zubair urges Supreme Court to quash six FIRs against him in Uttar Pradesh

The fact-checker has also challenged formation of Special Investigation Team by the police to investigate cases

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.

Newslaundry

Why did India's media ignore Wired story on police planting evidence against Bhima Koregaon activists?

News is always “breaking" and stories are sometimes “broken”. But then you also have important stories that are “broken” but are quickly forgotten. Not always deliberately, although sometimes that is the case. Quite often because there is just too much news breaking all around us, genuine and fake. As a…

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

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