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Incidents: secrets and espionage laws, national level, outcome reversed
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.
8 incidents match this view.
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
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| June 5, 2019 | Australian Federal Police raid the national broadcaster over reporting on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan | Australia (RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Scott Morrison | Reversed (October 15, 2020) |
| May 23, 2019 | United States indicts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Donald Trump | Reversed (June 25, 2024) |
| September 3, 2018 | Myanmar sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years under the Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Aung San Suu Kyi | Reversed (May 7, 2019) |
| October 17, 2014 | United States pursues New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony for years before dropping its demand for his source | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Reversed (October 17, 2014) |
| December 29, 2013 | Egypt arrests and later convicts three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges | Egypt (RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180) | Detention and violence | Adly Mansour | Reversed (September 23, 2015) |
| July 5, 2010 | United States charges Army analyst Chelsea Manning under the Espionage Act for leaking to WikiLeaks | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Reversed (January 17, 2017) |
| July 1995 | Nigeria's military government convicts journalists by special tribunal over coup-plot reporting | Nigeria (RSF 2026 rank: 112th of 180) | Detention and violence | Sani Abacha | Reversed (June 15, 1998) |
| June 15, 1971 | United States government seeks an injunction to stop The New York Times publishing the Pentagon Papers | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Richard Nixon | Reversed (June 30, 1971) |
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