| 10 July 2026 | Customs officers seize Grayzone editor's phones at Virginia airport over Iran reporting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Donald Trump | Reversed (17 July 2026) |
| 10 February 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 (10 February 2026) |
| 5 September 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 |
| 3 September 2025 | Ethiopia arrests at least six journalists including Sheger FM staff over election-year coverage | Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180) | Detention and violence | Abiy Ahmed | Ongoing (22 September 2025) |
| 19 March 2025 | Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025 | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Detention and violence | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Unknown (2 April 2025) |
| 3 February 2025 | Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws | Bangladesh (RSF 2026 rank: 152nd of 180) | Detention and violence | Muhammad Yunus | Ongoing |
| 29 January 2025 | Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content | Pakistan (RSF 2026 rank: 153rd of 180) | Official labels | Shehbaz Sharif | Sustained |
| 16 January 2025 | Tunisia's cybercrime decree pushes jailed-journalist count to highest since 1992 | Tunisia (RSF 2026 rank: 137th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Kais Saied | Sustained |
| 29 August 2024 | Hong Kong court convicts Stand News editors of sedition | Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | John Lee | Upheld by a court (26 September 2024) |
| 20 August 2024 | Kazakhstan: new accreditation rules let officials withdraw a journalist's pass for off-topic questions | Kazakhstan (RSF rank: not recorded) | Credential control | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Ongoing (3 September 2024) |
| 28 July 2024 | Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election | Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180) | Detention and violence | Nicolas Maduro | Sustained |
| 1 November 2023 | Turkish authorities detain three journalists under 'disinformation' law | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Ongoing |
| 14 July 2023 | Zimbabwe's Patriotic Act criminalizes journalists' contact with foreign governments | Zimbabwe (RSF 2026 rank: 124th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Emmerson Mnangagwa | Sustained (14 July 2023) |
| 16 June 2022 | Russia: entry bans, visa restrictions and bureau closures for foreign correspondents | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Access bans | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (16 June 2022) |
| 18 May 2022 | Russia: CBC/Radio-Canada bureau closed and journalists' visas cancelled | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (18 May 2022) |
| 13 May 2022 | Ethiopia: Economist correspondent Tom Gardner expelled | Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Abiy Ahmed | Sustained (13 May 2022) |
| 4 March 2022 | Russia criminalizes 'fake' reporting on the military, up to 15 years in prison | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Vladimir Putin | Sustained |
| 22 January 2022 | Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas is arrested for a proverb about President Erdogan | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Ongoing (22 June 2023) |
| 14 January 2022 | Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas tried for insulting the president | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Ongoing (22 June 2023) |
| 6 November 2021 | FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Unknown |
| 19 July 2021 | Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Reversed (25 April 2025) |
| July 2021 | Hungary: investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Viktor Orban | Ongoing (1 July 2021) |
| 29 August 2020 | Belarus: accreditation withdrawn from 17 journalists working for foreign outlets | Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180) | Access bans | Alexander Lukashenko | Sustained (29 August 2020) |
| 23 July 2020 | Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Reversed (23 July 2020) |
| 5 July 2020 | Morocco: investigative journalist Omar Radi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware and he is later detained | Morocco (RSF rank: not recorded) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Saadeddine Othmani | Reversed (1 July 2024) |
| 15 June 2020 | Philippines: Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel | Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Rodrigo Duterte | Ongoing (15 June 2020) |
| 15 April 2020 | Australia's High Court invalidates warrant for raid on journalist Annika Smethurst | Australia (RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Scott Morrison | Reversed (27 May 2020) |
| 30 March 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 |
| 18 March 2020 | China: press credentials and visas withheld from correspondents at three American newspapers | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Credential control | Xi Jinping | Sustained (3 March 2021) |
| 17 March 2020 | China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Xi Jinping | Sustained |
| 19 February 2020 | China: three Wall Street Journal correspondents expelled over an opinion headline | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Access bans | Xi Jinping | Sustained (19 February 2020) |
| 7 November 2019 | India: journalist Aatish Taseer's overseas citizenship revoked | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Narendra Modi | Sustained (7 November 2019) |
| 5 June 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 (15 October 2020) |
| 23 May 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 (25 June 2024) |
| 13 February 2019 | Philippines: Rappler's Maria Ressa arrested over cyber libel case | Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180) | Detention and violence | Rodrigo Duterte | Reversed (14 February 2019) |
| 17 January 2019 | Turkiye: Dutch freelance journalist Ans Boersma deported | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sustained (17 January 2019) |
| 1 October 2018 | Saudi Arabia: spyware on an associate's phone precedes Jamal Khashoggi's killing by one day | Saudi Arabia (RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown (1 October 2018) |
| September 2018 | Nicaragua: freelance correspondent detained and deported after online campaign | Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Daniel Ortega | Sustained (30 September 2018) |
| 1 September 2017 | Venezuela expels or denies entry to dozens of foreign journalists covering anti-government protests | Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Nicolas Maduro | Ongoing (25 January 2018) |
| 19 June 2017 | Mexico: journalist Carmen Aristegui receives Pegasus spyware through phishing texts | Mexico (RSF rank: not recorded) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Enrique Pena Nieto | Unknown (20 June 2017) |
| 17 October 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 (17 October 2014) |
| 29 December 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 (23 September 2015) |
| 10 October 2013 | United States: Espionage Act prosecutions of sources for leaks to the press, 2009 to 2013 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Unknown |
| 18 August 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 (19 January 2016) |
| 20 May 2013 | United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 13 May 2013 | United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 25 January 2013 | United States prosecutes former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for identifying a covert colleague to a journalist | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Upheld by a court (3 February 2015) |
| 5 July 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 (17 January 2017) |
| 21 June 2009 | Iran expels a BBC correspondent and restricts foreign journalists after a disputed 2009 election | Iran (RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Unknown |
| 6 July 2005 | New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to name a confidential source in the Valerie Plame affair | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | George W. Bush | Upheld by a court (29 September 2005) |