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Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
1 month ago | By WGN TV
NEW DELHI - Police in India's capital New Delhi arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in what many have slammed as the latest example of shrinking press freedoms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Mohammed Zubair, one of the co-founders of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested over a tweet that police said deliberately insulted “the god of a particular religion.” Senior police officer K P S Malhotra said the case was registered following a complaint from a Twitter user and Zubair was remanded in custody for one...
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Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
1 month ago | By ABC News
Police in India's capital arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments
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