Mohammed Zubair (journalist)

Mohammed Zubair
Zubair in 2023
Born (1983-12-29) 29 December 1983 (age 40)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma materMSRIT
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationAlt News
TitleCo-founder of Alt News

Mohammed Zubair (born 1983) is an Indian journalist, fact-checker and the co-founder of Alt News, an Indian non-profit fact-checking website.

In 2022, Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police over a 2018 tweet for allegedly "insulting Hindu religious beliefs"[2] and incarcerated for a month.[3] His detention raised further concerns about the state of India's press freedom under Narendra Modi's premiership and was widely criticised by journalistic bodies, human rights organisations and the political opposition who allege that the arrest was an act of revenge against his role in Alt News' work of combating disinformation.[4]

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  2. ^ "Mohammed Zubair: Supreme Court grants bail to Indian fact-checker". BBC News. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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