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Incidents: shutdowns and blocking, 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.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
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)
2 November 1985	South Africa bans television and photographic coverage of unrest under a state of emergency	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	P. W. Botha	Reversed (1 June 1990)
13 December 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 (22 July 1983)
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)
21 August 1968	Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia is followed by the return of government press controls	Czechia (RSF 2026 rank: 11th of 180)	Prior restraint	Alexander Dubček	Reversed (1 November 1989)
16 April 1944	Australia's wartime government seizes a Sydney newspaper edition under press controls rules	Australia (RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180)	Prior restraint	John Curtin	Reversed (18 April 1944)

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