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Incidents, 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.
The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.
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CountryArgentina, RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180Australia, RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180AzerbaijanBelarus, RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180Brazil, RSF 2026 rank: 52nd of 180Canada, RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180Czechia, RSF 2026 rank: 11th of 180Ecuador, RSF 2026 rank: 125th of 180Egypt, RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180Germany, RSF 2026 rank: 14th of 180Haiti, RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180Hungary, RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180India, RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180Iran, RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180MoroccoMyanmar, RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180Nigeria, RSF 2026 rank: 112th of 180North KoreaPhilippines, RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180Poland, RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180Portugal, RSF 2026 rank: 10th of 180Russia, RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180Serbia, RSF 2026 rank: 104th of 180South Africa, RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180South Korea, RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180Spain, RSF 2026 rank: 29th of 180Türkiye, RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180United Kingdom, RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180United States, RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180Zimbabwe, RSF 2026 rank: 124th of 180
TacticDetention and violence 18Prior restraint 13Secrets and espionage laws 9Surveillance and subpoenas 8Licensing and closure of outlets 8Access bans 8Shutdowns and blocking 6Funding and ownership pressure 5Credential control 5Insult and defamation laws 4Official labels 2Expulsion and visa denial 1
OutcomeReversed 51
Head of governmentAdly MansourAdolf HitlerAlexander DubčekAlexander LukashenkoAntónio de Oliveira SalazarAung San Suu KyiBarack ObamaChun Doo-hwanDaniel François MalanDonald TrumpDoug DuceyFerdinand MarcosFrancisco FrancoGetúlio VargasHassan RouhaniIlham AliyevIndira GandhiJean-Claude DuvalierJoe BidenJohn CurtinJohn HorganJorge Rafael VidelaKim Jong IlLaura KellyMargaret ThatcherNarendra ModiP. W. BothaRafael CorreaRecep Tayyip ErdoğanRichard NixonRobert MugabeRodrigo DuterteRonald ReaganSaadeddine OthmaniSani AbachaScott MorrisonSlobodan MilosevicTheodore ChristiansonTim WalzViktor OrbanVladimir PutinWojciech Jaruzelski
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | United States Supreme Court strikes down a Minnesota law used to shut a newspaper | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Theodore Christianson | Reversed (1 June 1931) |
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