'Justice System Can't Sink Lower': Judges, Experts on Zubair's Bail Denial, Legal Lapses https://thewire.in/law/justice-system-cant-sink-lower-judges-experts-on-zubairs-bail-denial-legal-lapses
A former Supreme Court judge, a high court judge and advocates have pointed out the glaring legal lapses in the case against the fact-checker and his incarceration.
Zubair’s counsel, advocate Soutik Banerjee “The judge has not sat down yet after the lunch break. But I am shocked to see that DCP K.P.S. Malhotra has leaked in the media that our bail has been rejected and 14 days judicial custody has been granted. I have learnt this by looking at Twitter posts of news channels who are running this news…there are certain law reporters who have run this news and they are all citing K.P.S. Malhotra as the source of this information. It is extremely scandalous and it speaks of the status of rule of law in our country today that even before the Judicial Magistrate has sat and pronounced the order, the police have leaked the order to the media. How K.P.S. Malhotra knows about the order is beyond me and calls for serious introspection about the status of rule of law,” https://twitter.com/i/status/1543161739831050241
Zubair Targeted Because His Consistent Debunking of Fake News Has Become a Major Obstacle for BJP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf5j9AwV_Do Jul 6, 2022 The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan spoke at the July 4, 2022 Press Club of India meeting on the press freedom.
The meeting was held in the wake of the arrest of AltNews co-founder Mohammad Zubair.
'ज़ुबैर जैसे पत्रकार रास्ते से हट जाएं तो भाजपा बेरोक-टोक झूठ फैला सकती है' | Mohammed Zubair Jul 5, 2022 फैक्ट-चेक वेबसाइट ऑल्ट न्यूज़ के सह-संस्थापक मोहम्मद ज़ुबैर को बीते 27 जून को धार्मिक भावनाएं आहत करने के आरोप में दिल्ली पुलिस ने गिरफ़्तार कर लिया था. उनके ख़िलाफ़ एक अज्ञात ट्विटर एकाउंट के ज़रिये शिकायत दर्ज कराई गई थी. द वायर की पड़ताल में सामने आया है कि उस एकाउंट का संबंध भारतीय जनता युवा मोर्चा के एक पदाधिकारी और टेक फॉग नेटवर्क से है. इस पड़ताल को अंजाम देने वाले देवेश कुमार और नाओमी बार्टन से दीपक गोस्वामी की बातचीत. around 1200 in twitter list which keeps re-tweeting Zubair and Alt news posts tagging delhi police..- Deevash Kumar Data Analyst..