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Incidents in Asia, stage: silence, national level

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.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
21 August 2023	India: Gaon Savera's Facebook and X accounts blocked	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Narendra Modi	Unknown
13 February 2023	Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen orders Voice of Democracy's license revoked over one article	Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Hun Sen	Sustained (13 February 2023)
24 June 2021	China (Hong Kong): Apple Daily closes after its assets are frozen under the national security law	Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Carrie Lam	Sustained (24 June 2021)
8 March 2021	Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Min Aung Hlaing	Sustained
February 2021	Myanmar: military cuts mobile internet after seizing power	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Min Aung Hlaing	Ongoing (3 May 2021)
16 November 2019	Iran: near-total internet shutdown during fuel-price protests	Iran (RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Hassan Rouhani	Reversed (23 November 2019)
5 August 2019	India imposes a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the region's special status	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Narendra Modi	Ongoing (5 August 2020)
21 March 2018	Turkiye: Dogan Holding sells its media outlets to Demiroren	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sustained (21 March 2018)
4 September 2017	Cambodia's government forces the closure of The Cambodia Daily with a disputed multimillion-dollar tax bill	Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Hun Sen	Sustained (4 September 2017)
27 July 2016	Turkey closes more than 100 media outlets by decree after a failed coup attempt	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sustained (31 December 2016)
4 March 2016	Turkiye: court installs trustees at Zaman newspaper	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sustained (4 March 2016)
June 2010	Israel: a court bars any mention of the 'Prisoner X' case	Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180)	Prior restraint	Benjamin Netanyahu	Unknown (1 June 2010)
18 September 1988	Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Prior restraint	Saw Maung	Ongoing (1 January 1989)
31 July 1980	South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls	South Korea (RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Chun Doo-hwan	Reversed (1 June 1987)
26 June 1975	India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Prior restraint	Indira Gandhi	Reversed (21 March 1977)
21 September 1972	Philippines President Marcos closes every major news outlet under martial law	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Ferdinand Marcos	Reversed (25 February 1986)
1948	Israel retains a British-era law giving the military the power to review and restrict the press	Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180)	Prior restraint	David Ben-Gurion	Ongoing (1 January 1989)

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