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Reuters reporter’s phone confiscated on Pentagon trip to Europe

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2022
Date of incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Prince George County, Maryland
Targets: Idrees Ali (Reuters)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Nebraska high school newspaper, class shuttered after publishing LGBTQ content

Incident Details

Updated on: October 16, 2023
Date of incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Case number: 4:23-cv-03043
Targets: [Grand Island Northwest High School] Viking Saga
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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Fox News subpoenaed to reveal confidential source, editorial process

Incident Details

Updated on: August 1, 2023
Date of incident: May 19, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Fox News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 19, 2022: Pending

Aug. 1, 2022: Objected to

Aug. 1, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

May 19, 2022: Pending

Aug. 1, 2022: Objected to

Aug. 1, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist loses camera during confrontation at LA reproductive rights rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 14, 2022
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Josh Pacheco (Independent)

Equipment broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Freelance journalist detained while covering a deforestation protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 14, 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Ryan Fatica (Unicorn Riot)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

AZ Republic denied multiple requests to witness executions

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 11, 2022
Location: Florence, Arizona
Targets: Arizona Republic

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Congressional candidate’s ad touts crowd-control munition use against press

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Winter Park, Florida
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Subpoena seeking testimony from Oregon independent journalist dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Bend, Oregon
Targets: Hannah Merzbach (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 5, 2022: Pending

May 6, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

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