Incidents: detention and violence in Europe

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.

6 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
September 5, 2025	Serbian police strike, detain and disarm journalists covering anti-government protests	Serbia (RSF 2026 rank: 104th of 180)	Detention and violence	Aleksandar Vucic	Ongoing
March 29, 2023	Russia: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Vladimir Putin	Reversed (August 1, 2024)
May 18, 2021	Belarus blocks Tut.by and arrests its editors as 'extremist'	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained
August 18, 2013	United Kingdom detains journalist's partner under terrorism law and oversees destruction of Guardian hard drives holding Snowden files	United Kingdom (RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	David Cameron	Upheld by a court (January 19, 2016)
October 7, 2006	Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is shot dead in Moscow; a former police officer is later convicted of organizing the killing	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Vladimir Putin	Upheld by a court (June 9, 2014)
December 13, 1981	Poland's martial law government shuts nearly all newspapers and interns journalists overnight	Poland (RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Wojciech Jaruzelski	Reversed (July 22, 1983)

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