# Incidents, national level, outcome sustained

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Filters: country, continent, tactic, stage, from, to, level, actor, leader, outlet, outcome, source_kind, has_case, plus q, sort (date, date_asc, country, tactic, relevance), per_page (up to 100), page and view (table or cards), as query parameters.

75 incidents match this view. Showing 25 on page 2 of 2.

| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2013 | [Vietnam: Decree 72 restricts blogs to personal information](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-vietnam-decree-72-restricts-blogs) | [Viet Nam](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/vn) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Official labels](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/disinformation_labeling) | [Nguyen Tan Dung](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nguyen-tan-dung) | Sustained (1 September 2013) |
| 20 May 2013 | [United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-names-fox-reporter-co-conspirator) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 13 May 2013 | [United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 21 December 2010 | [Hungary's parliament gives a government-appointed media council power to fine outlets for unbalanced coverage](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2010-hungary-media-law-content-authority) | [Hungary](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/hu) ([RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Viktor Orban](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/viktor-orban) | Sustained (1 January 2011) |
| 27 May 2007 | [Venezuela: the government declines to renew RCTV's broadcast concession](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2007-venezuela-rctv-license-not-renewed) | [Venezuela](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ve) ([RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Hugo Chavez](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/hugo-chavez) | Sustained (8 September 2015) |
| 10 February 2003 | [Pentagon sets ground rules for journalists embedded with United States forces in Iraq](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2003-us-pentagon-embedding-rules-iraq) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Access bans](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/access_ban) | [George W. Bush](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/george-w-bush) | Sustained (14 April 2003) |
| 14 April 2001 | [State-controlled Gazprom takes formal control of Russia's independent NTV television network](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2001-russia-gazprom-takeover-ntv) | [Russia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ru) ([RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Vladimir Putin](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/vladimir-putin) | Sustained (14 April 2001) |
| July 1997 | [Peru strips television station owner Baruch Ivcher of his citizenship after critical reporting](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1997-pe-ivcher-stripped-of-citizenship) | [Peru](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/pe) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Alberto Fujimori](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/alberto-fujimori) | Sustained |
| 1997 | [Belarus jails journalist Pavel Sheremet over his reporting for Russian television station ORT](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1997-by-sheremet-imprisoned-for-ort-reporting) | [Belarus](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/by) ([RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Alexander Lukashenko](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/alexander-lukashenko) | Sustained |
| 17 January 1991 | [United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf War](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Access bans](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/access_ban) | [George H. W. Bush](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/george-hw-bush) | Sustained (28 February 1991) |
| 14 June 1989 | [China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1989-china-tiananmen-foreign-journalists-expelled) | [China](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/cn) ([RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Expulsion and visa denial](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/expulsion_and_visa_denial) | [Li Peng](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/li-peng) | Sustained (1 January 1990) |
| 1987 | [Malaysia: Printing Presses and Publications Act amended to bar court review of publishing permits, 1987](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1987-malaysia-printing-act-bars-court-review) | [Malaysia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/my) ([RSF 2026 rank: 95th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Mahathir Mohamad](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/mahathir-mohamad) | Sustained |
| 19 October 1977 | [South Africa bans The World and Weekend World newspapers and detains editor Percy Qoboza](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1977-south-africa-world-newspaper-banned-qoboza-detained) | [South Africa](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/za) ([RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Balthazar Johannes Vorster](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/john-vorster) | Sustained (1 March 1978) |
| 11 September 1973 | [Chile's military government shuts opposition radio stations and newspapers after the 1973 coup](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1973-chile-coup-press-shutdown) | [Chile](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/cl) ([RSF 2026 rank: 70th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Shutdowns and blocking](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/shutdowns_and_blocking) | [Augusto Pinochet](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/augusto-pinochet) | Sustained (1 March 1990) |
| 28 September 1959 | [Cuba: Prime Minister Fidel Castro publicly criticizes Havana newspapers that questioned his government, September 1959](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1959-cuba-castro-criticizes-diario-de-la-marina) | [Cuba](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/cu) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Official labels](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/disinformation_labeling) | [Fidel Castro](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/fidel-castro) | Sustained (11 May 1960) |
| November 1955 | [United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist ties](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1955-us-eastland-subcommittee-subpoenas-new-york-times) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/dwight-d-eisenhower) | Sustained (1 December 1956) |
| October 1951 | [Argentina: President Juan Perón's government hands the expropriated newspaper La Prensa to the CGT labor federation, October 1951](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1951-argentina-peron-la-prensa-handed-to-cgt) | [Argentina](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ar) ([RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Juan Perón](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/juan-peron) | Sustained (1 October 1951) |
| 19 December 1941 | [United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the press](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1941-us-office-of-censorship-wartime-press-code) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/franklin-d-roosevelt) | Sustained (28 September 1945) |
| 8 May 1941 | [Greece: collaborationist government creates a Directorate-General for Press and Radio to review films and publications before release](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1941-greece-directorate-general-press-radio) | [Greece](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gr) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Georgios Tsolakoglou](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/georgios-tsolakoglou) | Sustained |
| 3 September 1939 | [Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1939-canada-defence-of-canada-regulations-censorship) | [Canada](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ca) ([RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [William Lyon Mackenzie King](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/william-lyon-mackenzie-king) | Sustained (31 December 1945) |
| July 1937 | [Japan: government requires clearance to publish war news under the Newspaper Law, 1937](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship) | [Japan](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/jp) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Fumimaro Konoe](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/fumimaro-konoe) | Sustained |
| 28 February 1933 | [Germany: Reichstag Fire Decree suspends freedom of the press, February 1933](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1933-germany-reichstag-fire-decree-press-suspension) | [Germany](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/de) ([RSF 2026 rank: 14th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Adolf Hitler](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/adolf-hitler) | Sustained (1 May 1945) |
| 1926 | [Dutch East Indies: Colonial authorities end publication of the communist newspaper Mawa under Penal Code Article 153 bis, 1926](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis) | [Indonesia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/id) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/andries-de-graeff) | Sustained (1 January 1926) |
| 27 August 1914 | [Britain's Official Press Bureau controls newspaper coverage of the First World War](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1914-britain-press-bureau-controls-wartime-newspaper-coverage) | [United Kingdom](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gb) ([RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Herbert Henry Asquith](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/herbert-asquith) | Sustained (12 November 1914) |
| 9 March 1913 | [Ottoman Empire bars lawmakers and officials from editing newspapers and jails a leading editor](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1913-ottoman-empire-press-law-bars-officials-from-editing-newspapers) | [Türkiye](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/tr) ([RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | [Mehmed V](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/mehmed-v) | Sustained (9 March 1913) |

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