Shireen Dalvi, also credited as Shirin Dalvi, is an Indian journalist and is the Editor of the Mumbai edition of
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
language newspaper ''
Avadhnama
''Avadhnama'' () is a popular Urdu language newspaper serving major cities in the region of Awadh in India, including the cities of Lucknow, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Kanpur and Azamgarh
Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pr ...
''. She is the only women Editor of an
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
language newspaper. She was arrested for reprinting the cartoons published by
Charlie Hebdo
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following complaints and threats of protests from Rashtriya Ulema Council and was later released on bail.
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