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Journalist, graduate student stopped for secondary screening, electronic devices searched

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Updated On: June 28, 2021
Date of Incident: March 5, 2017
Location: Toronto, Canada
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Zainab Merchant (Independent)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Toronto Pearson International Airport
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked to display social media? →: Unknown
Asked for social media passwords? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes
Were devices searched or seized? →: Yes

Search Warrant Obtained →: No

OC Weekly photographer Julie Leopo attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Julie Leopo (OC Weekly)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

OC Weekly photographer Brian Feinzimer attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (OC Weekly)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

OC Weekly intern Frank Tristan attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Frank Tristan (OC Weekly)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

ICE denies parole to Mexican journalist seeking asylum

Incident Details

Updated On: September 13, 2017
Date of Incident: March 28, 2017
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Martín Méndez Pineda

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Trump administration calls for changing libel laws

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 30, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Chilling Statement

Egyptian talk show host slapped on the back of the neck

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 3, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Youssef al-Hosiny (Cairo Time)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Morning Joe hosts claim that administration officials tried to use Enquirer story as leverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Joe Scarborough (MSNBC), Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC)

Chilling Statement

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