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Colorado newspaper denied access to cover horse roundup

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Colorado
Targets: The [Cortez] Journal

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

Baltimore court denies reporters access to courtroom audio recordings

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Targets: Justine Barron (Independent), Paul McGrew (WBFF)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: Circuit Court
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Other

Tennessee Highway Patrol blocks reporters from covering protest, threaten with arrest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2019
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Joel Ebert (The Tennessean), Kyle Horan (WTVF), Natalie Allison (The Tennessean), Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (Nashville Public Radio)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Other

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested and charged with conspiracy

Incident Details

Updated on: June 26, 2024
Date of incident: April 11, 2019
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Targets: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: U.S. Department of Justice
Charges →: Espionage: conspiracy to commit computer intrusion

March 6, 2018: Charges pending

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: conspiracy to obtain, receive, & disclose national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges pending

June 26, 2024: Convicted

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: attempted unauthorized obtaining and receiving of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining and receiving of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining and receiving of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized obtaining and receiving of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped

Espionage: unauthorized disclosure of national defense information

May 23, 2019: Charges pending

June 24, 2020: Charges pending

June 25, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: April 11, 2019
Release date →: June 24, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: other for other

June 10, 2019: Pending

Jan. 4, 2021: Quashed

July 7, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 10, 2021: Upheld

March 14, 2022: Objected to

June 17, 2022: Upheld

July 1, 2022: Objected to

June 6, 2023: Upheld

Feb. 20, 2024: Objected to

May 20, 2024: Pending

June 25, 2024: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

School district demands prior review, threatens job of adviser over profile in student publication

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2019
Location: Stockton, California
Targets: The [Bear Creek High School] Bruin Voice

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Harvard Crimson reporter subpoenaed for reporting materials, testimony in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 10, 2019
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Targets: Shera Avi-Yonah (The Harvard Crimson)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 10, 2019: Pending

April 19, 2019: Objected to

subpoena for communications or work product

April 10, 2019: Pending

April 19, 2019: Objected to
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

California Congressman Devin Nunes files defamation suit against newspaper for its coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2020
Date of incident: April 9, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: McClatchy

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Pastor threatens Greenville News during sermon

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2, 2019
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Targets: The Greenville News

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