# Claim 181

A government gazette notice made it an offense under the emergency regulations to take any sound or visual recording of a riot situation.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: A government gazette notice made it an offense under the emergency regulations to take any sound or visual recording of a riot situation.
- Field: action
- Value: Recording riots made an offense
- About: [incident 1985-south-africa-state-of-emergency-media-ban](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1985-south-africa-state-of-emergency-media-ban)
- Source: South Africa Saturday issued a ban on all television.... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/02/South-Africa-Saturday-issued-a-ban-on-all-television/6517499755600/
- Publisher: UPI Archives
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 1985-11-02

## Quotation from the source

> It is an offense under the emergency regulations to take a recording (sound or visual) of any riot situation.

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