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UP police issue warrant for Zubair in case filed by Sudarshan News staffer

The Uttar Pradesh police have issued a warrant for Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, hours after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in another case registered in UP’s Sitapur. Zubair is accused of promoting enmity between two religious groups through a tweet he made last year.

Newslaundry · Jul 9, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 227: Sudhir Chaudhary quits Zee, Alt News deals with cofounder's arrest

In this episode, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Nidhi Suresh and Ashwine Kumar Singh.

Newslaundry · Jul 9, 2022

Alt News, CIA, ‘Hinduphobic’ media: The fixations of a rightwing ‘fact-checking’ enterprise

One could dismiss a Twitter account’s conspiracy theories – conjuring up an “anti-Hindu ecosystem” while linking together American philanthropist George Soros, communists, the London School of Economics, digital media and the Gandhis – as feverish hyperbole. But not when the account claims to be a fact-checker, is followed by senior…

Newslaundry · Jul 9, 2022

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Mohammed Zubair in Sitapur case

The Alt News co-founder however, is in judicial custody on orders of a Delhi court in a separate case

The Hindu · Jul 8, 2022

UP police granted seven-day custody of Alt News cofounder Zubair

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur has granted the UP police custody of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair until July 14.

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2022

Was Razorpay legally bound to share Alt News’s data? Yes and no

You’re online, you stumble across a cause you support, you decide to donate. A few clicks later, you’ve entered your payment details, the amount is debited, and you’re done. This is possibly just one of many, many transactions you’ve made that day.

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2022

Supreme Court to take up on July 8 Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s plea for liberty, protection

Case to be “listed on July 8 before the appropriate Bench subject to assignment”. The Chief Justice of India has to formally assign the case to a Bench

The Hindu · Jul 7, 2022

Quashing of UP FIR against Zubair: Supreme Court agrees to list matter tomorrow

The Supreme Court has agreed to list a hearing tomorrow on Mohammed Zubair challenging a high court order that refused to quash an FIR against him.

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2022

'Journalists should not be persecuted': Germany's embassy in Delhi is 'closely monitoring' Zubair's arrest

Germany's embassy in New Delhi is "monitoring very closely" the arrest of Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair and is also "in contact" with its "EU partners on the ground", a representative of the German foreign ministry has said.

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2022

Inside the Alt News office after Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

It had seemed a regular Monday evening for Kalim Ahmed, 22, a writer at Alt News, when he reached home after shutting his office in Kolkata on June 27. But then a message from the factchecking platform’s director Nirjhari Sinha popped on his screen, informing him of the arrest of…

Newslaundry · Jul 6, 2022