Incidents: detention and violence, outcome ongoing

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.

6 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
September 5, 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
September 3, 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 (September 22, 2025)
February 3, 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
November 1, 2023	Turkish authorities detain three journalists under 'disinformation' law	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Ongoing
June 14, 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
September 18, 1988	Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Prior restraint	Saw Maung	Ongoing (January 1, 1989)

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