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3 weeks after arrest, Mohammed Zubair released from Tihar jail
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was released from Tihar on Wednesday night, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against…
- India
Debunking fake news is not crime: Amnesty India on Zubair case
New Delhi: Human rights group Amnesty India has demanded immediate and unconditional release of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, saying debunking fake news is not a crime. Separate FIRs have…
- Hate Crime
UP court rejects bail plea of Mohd Zubair in fact-check case
Lakhimpur Kheri: A sessions court in Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammadi on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a fact-check case. The hearing on police custody remand will…
- India
Lakhimpur Kheri court to hear Zubair’s bail plea today
Lakhimpur Kheri: The bail plea hearing of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is scheduled to be held in the sessions court of Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammadi today, a day after Delhi’s Patiala House…
- India
Delhi HC grants bail to journalist Zubair in 2018 tweet case
Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to fact-checking agency Alt News’ co-founder Mohammad Zubair in connection with the 2018 tweet case. Zubair was arrested a month ago, on June 27. The…
- India
SC to hear Mohammad Zubair’s plea to quash FIR registered in Sitapur
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the plea of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair challenging the Allahabad High Court order refusing to quash an FIR registered against…
- India
Only domestic payments enabled for Alt News: Razorpay
New Delhi: Razorpay, the payment gateway used by Alt News to receive donations, on Friday said only domestic payments were enabled for the fact-checking website and foreign transactions were not allowed without…
- India
List of accusations levied against journalist Zubair in today’s SC hearing
Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair appealed to the Supreme Court, challenging the Allahabad high court’s refusal to quash an FIR registered against him. In the hearing on Friday, Additional solicitor general SV…
- News
Razorpay shared donor data with police, claims Alt News
New Delhi: Fact-checking website Alt News on Tuesday alleged that payment gateway Razorpay had shared its donor data with the police without informing it. In a statement, Razorpay, without referring to the…
- India
Alt News co-founder Zubair produced in Sitapur court
Sitapur: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, arrested by Delhi Police last week, was produced in a court here on Monday in connection with an FIR lodged against him for allegedly calling Hindu…
- India
Alt News co-founder Zubair produced before a local court in UP
Alt News co-founder and journalist Mohammad Zubair was taken to Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning by the Delhi Police and produced before a local court. This came soon after a production…
- India
Bangladesh: Journalists, activists protest against Zubair’s arrest
As Alt News co-founder and fact-checker battles in court for posting a 2018-old tweet, journalists and human rights activists in neighbouring Bangladesh protested against his arrest, demanding for his immediate release. We,…
- India
Delhi cop admits misinforming media about Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea
New Delhi: Senior Delhi Police officer KPS Malhotra Saturday admitted to incorrectly informing the media that AltNews’ co-founder Mohammed Zubair was sent to 14-day judicial custody over an “objectionable tweet” he had…
- India
Delhi Police seek 14-day custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday sought 14-day custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who is arrested in connection with a 2018 contentious tweet. Zubair was produced before the Chief…
- India
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to be produced before Delhi court today
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair will be produced before the Patiala Court in Delhi today in a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, through a social media post. Zubair was…
