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No criminality found against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in case of threatening minor on social media: Delhi Police to HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court was told by the police on Thursday that it has not found any criminality against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case lodged against him for allegedly threatening and torturing a minor on social media.

The Times of India

Alt News cofounder says Delhi police attributed ‘concocted, false disclosures’ to him: LiveLaw

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair has said he made no disclosure statements to the Delhi police over his arrest for a tweet posted in 2018, and that the police were using “concocted, wholly false” disclosures instead, LiveLaw reported today. Zubair submitted a response in this regard to the police’s status…

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Taxi drivers murdered, robbed or attacked as they tried to make an honest living in Greater Manchester

The M.E.N. looks back at a string of shocking cases

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David Platt GUILTY of punching taxi driver in the face in racially motivated attack

David Platt, 30, was jailed for 20 months

Manchester Evening News

Nobel Peace Prize 2022 | AltNews cofounders Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair among favourites

AltNews journalists Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander were included in an unofficial shortlist of favourites for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ahead of the announcement of the winner on October 7

The Hindu

Indian fact-checkers believed to be among front-runners for Nobel Peace Prize

Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair have been running a campaign debunking misinformation in India since 2017

The Independent UK

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate: When will the winner be announced and who are the favourites?

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Md Zubair's laptop; devices with FSL for data analysis, Delhi Police tells HC in objectionable tweet case

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has told the Delhi high court that a laptop and other devices seized from Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair are deposited with the forensic science laboratory for recovering data that needs to be analysed regarding an alleged objectionable tweet posted by him in 2018 against…

The Times of India

Supreme Court grants Zubair permission to seek quashing of Sitapur FIR at Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair permission to approach the Delhi High Court to quash an FIR lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur.

Newslaundry

Alt News' Mohammad Zubair granted liberty to move Delhi High Court for quashing of Sitapur FIR

Mohammad Zubair was given bail on July 20

The Hindu

Supreme Court grants liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to move Delhi HC for quashing of Sitapur FIR

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to approach the Delhi High Court for quashing of the FIR lodged against him at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India

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.

Newslaundry

Delhi-based businessman behind Mohammed Zubair's arrest: Police

NEW DELHI: The Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a 36-year-old Delhi-based real estate businessman who originally belongs to Ajmer in Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday.

The Times of India

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

Newslaundry

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

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

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.

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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

Newslaundry

‘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…

Al Jazeera

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.

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