Incidents: insult and defamation laws, national level, outcome unknown
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.
2 incidents match this view.
Country: Hungary, RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180 India, RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180
Tactic: Insult and defamation laws (2) Detention and violence (1)
Stage: Punish (2)
Outcome: Unknown (2)
Level: National (2)
Head of government: Narendra Modi Viktor Orban
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026 | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Narendra Modi | Unknown (February 10, 2026) |
| March 30, 2020 | Hungary criminalizes false coronavirus information and grants Orban decree powers | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Viktor Orban | Unknown |
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