Incidents: prior restraint 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.
5 incidents match this view.
Country: United Kingdom (1) Czechia (1) Spain (1) Portugal (1) Russia (1)
Continent: Europe (5)
Tactic: Prior restraint (5) Licensing and closure of outlets (2) Shutdowns and blocking (1) Credential control (1) Insult and defamation laws (1)
Outcome: Reversed (4) Ongoing (1)
Level: National (5)
Head of government: Margaret Thatcher (1) Alexander Dubček (1) Francisco Franco (1) António de Oliveira Salazar (1) Vladimir Lenin (1)
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1988 | United Kingdom bars broadcasters from airing Sinn Féin members' own voices | United Kingdom | Licensing and closure of outlets | Margaret Thatcher | Reversed (September 16, 1994) |
| August 21, 1968 | Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia is followed by the return of government press press controls | Czechia | Prior restraint | Alexander Dubček | Reversed (November 1, 1989) |
| April 1938 | Franco's Spain requires state permission to be a journalist under a wartime Press Law | Spain | Credential control | Francisco Franco | Reversed (April 1, 1977) |
| 1933 | Portugal's Salazar government formally establishes press press controls under a new constitution | Portugal | Prior restraint | António de Oliveira Salazar | Reversed (April 25, 1974) |
| 1922 | Soviet Russia creates Glavlit, a central office to review all printed material before publication | Russia | Prior restraint | Vladimir Lenin | Ongoing (January 1, 1989) |
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