AltNews journalists Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander were included in an unofficial shortlist for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ahead of the winner’s announcement on October 7. The TIME article notes that the list is based on “nominations made public through Norwegian lawmakers, bookmaker predictions, and selections from the Oslo … Read more
Fact-checking website Alt News alleged on Tuesday that payment gateway Razorpay had shared its donor details with police without informing them. In a statement, Razorpay, without referring to Alt News’s specific accusation, said it was mandated to comply with the written order of legal authorities under the provisions of the law. Razorpay had deactivated Alt … Read more
The arrest of AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a campaign by network of anonymous and inauthentic accounts linked to Vikash Ahir, state chairman of Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) and co-coordinator of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Gujarat, according to an investigation by The Wire. The Delhi police filed acase against Zubair and recorded his … Read more
Journalist Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking website AltNews, was arrested by Delhi police on charges of “promoting enmity and hurting religious sentiments”. Earlier this month an FIR was registered against him under IPC Section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295-A (malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings). “Zubair was called today by … Read more
