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Independent prisons reporter removed from Alabama government press lists

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Date of Incident: October 8, 2019
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Targets: Beth Shelburne (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Alabama Department of Corrections

BuzzFeed says its immigration reporter was excluded from DHS border tour

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Date of Incident: September 16, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Homeland Security

Journalists barred from asylum hearings held in tent courts at border

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Updated On: December 29, 2019
Date of Incident: September 11, 2019
Location: Laredo, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Homeland Security

Vermont Judiciary sets new rules on recording in courtrooms, registering as media

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Date of Incident: September 3, 2019
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Vermont Judiciary

Amid backlash, Department of Defense backs away from new press regulations at Guantánamo Bay

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Date of Incident: August 28, 2019
Location: Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Defense

Media barred from public lead water crisis meeting in New Jersey

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Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Ras Baraka

Montgomery County Commission sued for ban on livestreaming chamber proceedings

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Date of Incident: August 12, 2019
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Montgomery County Commission

Wisconsin think tank sues governor for leaving its news service off media advisory list

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Updated On: December 10, 2021
Date of Incident: August 6, 2019
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Case number: 3:19-cv-00649
Targets: MacIver Institute for Public Policy, MacIver News Service
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Gov. Tony Evers

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