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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
November 2024	China: editor Dong Yuyu is sentenced to seven years for espionage over meals with a diplomat	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Xi Jinping	Ongoing (1 November 2024)
17 January 2024	Iran: journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are sentenced to 13 and 12 years	Iran (RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Ebrahim Raisi	Ongoing (17 January 2024)
14 June 2023	Guatemala convicts investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora on money-laundering charge	Guatemala (RSF 2026 rank: 128th of 180)	Detention and violence	Alejandro Giammattei	Ongoing
5 September 2022	Russia: journalist Ivan Safronov is sentenced to 22 years for treason	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Vladimir Putin	Ongoing (5 September 2022)
14 May 2020	China: citizen journalist Zhang Zhan imprisoned for Wuhan reporting	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Detention and violence	Xi Jinping	Ongoing
18 September 2001	Eritrea: independent press closed and journalists jailed without trial	Eritrea (RSF rank: not recorded)	Detention and violence	Isaias Afwerki	Ongoing

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