# Incidents, outcome ongoing

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.

39 incidents match this view.

| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18 September 2026 | [United States: White House hard-pass deactivations for CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters, September 2026](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) | [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) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (21 September 2026) |
| 20 August 2026 | [Kazakhstan: fabricated copyright complaints used against journalists](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-kazakhstan-copyright-claims-against-press) | [Kazakhstan](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/kz) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Kassym-Jomart Tokayev](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/kassym-jomart-tokayev) | Ongoing (20 August 2026) |
| 28 April 2026 | [Appeals court orders FCC to respond to challenge over 'news distortion' policy](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-court-orders-fcc-to-answer-news-distortion-challenge) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (28 April 2026) |
| 10 March 2026 | [Hungary: a ruling-party mayor forcibly removes Telex reporters from a campaign event](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-hungary-mayor-removes-telex-reporters) | [Hungary](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/hu) ([RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Access bans](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/access_ban) | [Viktor Orban](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/viktor-orban) | Ongoing (10 March 2026) |
| 15 October 2025 | [United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Credential control](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/credential_control) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (9 April 2026) |
| 19 September 2025 | [United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Credential control](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/credential_control) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (9 April 2026) |
| 15 September 2025 | [Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-sues-new-york-times-15-billion) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (16 October 2025) |
| 5 September 2025 | [Serbian police strike, detain and disarm journalists covering anti-government protests](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-serbia-police-target-journalists-protests) | [Serbia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/rs) ([RSF 2026 rank: 104th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Aleksandar Vucic](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/aleksandar-vucic) | Ongoing |
| 3 September 2025 | [Ethiopia arrests at least six journalists including Sheger FM staff over election-year coverage](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-ethiopia-arrests-journalists-sheger-fm) | [Ethiopia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/et) ([RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Abiy Ahmed](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/abiy-ahmed) | Ongoing (22 September 2025) |
| 18 July 2025 | [Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-sues-wall-street-journal-epstein-letter) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing |
| 15 March 2025 | [United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (28 March 2025) |
| 11 February 2025 | [United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america) | [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) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (22 July 2025) |
| 3 February 2025 | [Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-bangladesh-journalists-attacked-interim-government) | [Bangladesh](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/bd) ([RSF 2026 rank: 152nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Muhammad Yunus](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/muhammad-yunus) | Ongoing |
| 31 January 2025 | [United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law) | [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) | [Jeff Landry](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/jeff-landry) | Ongoing (31 January 2025) |
| 22 January 2025 | [FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-carr-news-distortion-complaints-nbc-cbs) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing |
| 16 December 2024 | [Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over final Iowa poll](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-trump-sues-des-moines-register-selzer-poll) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Ongoing (10 July 2026) |
| November 2024 | [China: editor Dong Yuyu is sentenced to seven years for espionage over meals with a diplomat](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-china-dong-yuyu-espionage-sentence) | [China](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/cn) ([RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | [Xi Jinping](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/xi-jinping) | Ongoing (1 November 2024) |
| 20 August 2024 | [Kazakhstan: new accreditation rules let officials withdraw a journalist's pass for off-topic questions](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-kazakhstan-restrictive-media-accreditation-rules) | [Kazakhstan](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/kz) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Credential control](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/credential_control) | [Kassym-Jomart Tokayev](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/kassym-jomart-tokayev) | Ongoing (3 September 2024) |
| 24 May 2024 | [United States (Louisiana): 25-foot buffer zone law around police officers, May 2024](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-louisiana-enacts-police-buffer-zone-law) | [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) | [Jeff Landry](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/jeff-landry) | Ongoing (31 January 2025) |
| 17 January 2024 | [Iran: journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are sentenced to 13 and 12 years](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-iran-hamedi-mohammadi-sentenced) | [Iran](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ir) ([RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | [Ebrahim Raisi](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/ebrahim-raisi) | Ongoing (17 January 2024) |
| 1 November 2023 | [Turkish authorities detain three journalists under 'disinformation' law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-turkiye-detains-journalists-disinformation-law) | [Türkiye](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/tr) ([RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Insult and defamation laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/insult_and_defamation_laws) | [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/recep-tayyip-erdogan) | Ongoing |
| 14 June 2023 | [Guatemala convicts investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora on money-laundering charge](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-guatemala-convicts-zamora-money-laundering) | [Guatemala](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gt) ([RSF 2026 rank: 128th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Alejandro Giammattei](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/alejandro-giammattei) | Ongoing |
| 5 September 2022 | [Russia: journalist Ivan Safronov is sentenced to 22 years for treason](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-russia-safronov-treason-sentence) | [Russia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ru) ([RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | [Vladimir Putin](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/vladimir-putin) | Ongoing (5 September 2022) |
| 22 January 2022 | [Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas is arrested for a proverb about President Erdogan](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-turkiye-sedef-kabas-insulting-president) | [Türkiye](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/tr) ([RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Insult and defamation laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/insult_and_defamation_laws) | [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/recep-tayyip-erdogan) | Ongoing (22 June 2023) |
| 14 January 2022 | [Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas tried for insulting the president](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-turkiye-prosecutes-sedef-kabas) | [Türkiye](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/tr) ([RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/recep-tayyip-erdogan) | Ongoing (22 June 2023) |
| July 2021 | [Hungary: investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-hungary-panyi-pegasus-spyware) | [Hungary](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/hu) ([RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Viktor Orban](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/viktor-orban) | Ongoing (1 July 2021) |
| February 2021 | [Myanmar: military cuts mobile internet after seizing power](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-military-internet-shutdown) | [Myanmar](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/mm) ([RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Shutdowns and blocking](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/shutdowns_and_blocking) | [Min Aung Hlaing](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/min-aung-hlaing) | Ongoing (3 May 2021) |
| November 2020 | [Ethiopia: internet and phone service cut across Tigray](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-ethiopia-tigray-internet-blackout) | [Ethiopia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/et) ([RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Shutdowns and blocking](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/shutdowns_and_blocking) | [Abiy Ahmed](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/abiy-ahmed) | Ongoing (3 May 2021) |
| 15 June 2020 | [Philippines: Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-philippines-ressa-cyber-libel-conviction) | [Philippines](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ph) ([RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Rodrigo Duterte](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/rodrigo-duterte) | Ongoing (15 June 2020) |
| 14 May 2020 | [China: citizen journalist Zhang Zhan imprisoned for Wuhan reporting](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-china-arrests-zhang-zhan) | [China](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/cn) ([RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Xi Jinping](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/xi-jinping) | Ongoing |
| 5 August 2019 | [India imposes a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the region's special status](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-india-kashmir-communications-blackout) | [India](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/in) ([RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Shutdowns and blocking](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/shutdowns_and_blocking) | [Narendra Modi](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/narendra-modi) | Ongoing (5 August 2020) |
| 26 October 2018 | [Russia: outlet fined $338,000 under the foreign agents law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-russia-fines-the-new-times) | [Russia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ru) ([RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Lawsuits against the press](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/lawsuits_against_press) | [Vladimir Putin](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/vladimir-putin) | Ongoing (26 October 2018) |
| October 2018 | [Egypt: a license requirement leaves an independent news site unable to operate legally for years](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-egypt-scmr-license-requirement-al-manassa) | [Egypt](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/eg) ([RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Abdel Fattah el-Sisi](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/abdel-fattah-el-sisi) | Ongoing (26 October 2020) |
| 1 September 2017 | [Venezuela expels or denies entry to dozens of foreign journalists covering anti-government protests](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-venezuela-foreign-journalists-expelled) | [Venezuela](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ve) ([RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Expulsion and visa denial](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/expulsion_and_visa_denial) | [Nicolas Maduro](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nicolas-maduro) | Ongoing (25 January 2018) |
| 18 September 2001 | [Eritrea: independent press closed and journalists jailed without trial](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2001-eritrea-jails-journalists-indefinitely) | [Eritrea](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/er) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Isaias Afwerki](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/isaias-afwerki) | Ongoing |
| 18 September 1988 | [Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1988-burma-slorc-press-scrutiny) | [Myanmar](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/mm) ([RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Saw Maung](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/saw-maung) | Ongoing (1 January 1989) |
| 24 May 1960 | [Egypt's Nasser government nationalizes every newspaper and magazine in the country](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1960-egypt-nasser-nationalizes-press) | [Egypt](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/eg) ([RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | [Gamal Abdel Nasser](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/gamal-abdel-nasser) | Ongoing (1 January 1989) |
| 1948 | [Israel retains a British-era law giving the military the power to review and restrict the press](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1948-israel-military-censorship-established) | [Israel](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/il) ([RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [David Ben-Gurion](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/david-ben-gurion) | Ongoing (1 January 1989) |
| 1922 | [Soviet Russia creates Glavlit, a central office to review all printed material before publication](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1922-ussr-glavlit-censorship) | [Russia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ru) ([RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Vladimir Lenin](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/vladimir-lenin) | Ongoing (1 January 1989) |

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