Incidents: detention and violence, 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.
5 incidents match this view.
Country: United States (2) India (1) Türkiye (1) Saudi Arabia (1)
Continent: Asia (3) North America (2)
Tactic: Detention and violence (5) Insult and defamation laws (1) Expulsion and visa denial (1) Surveillance and subpoenas (1)
Outcome: Unknown (5)
Level: National (4) Municipal (1)
Head of government: Narendra Modi (1) Karen Bass (1) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1) Joe Biden (1) Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1)
| 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 | Insult and defamation laws | Narendra Modi | Unknown (February 10, 2026) |
| June 9, 2025 | Officer shoots Australian journalist with rubber bullet during Los Angeles immigration protests | United States | Detention and violence | Karen Bass | Unknown |
| March 19, 2025 | Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025 | Türkiye | Detention and violence | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Unknown (April 2, 2025) |
| November 6, 2021 | FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation | United States | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Unknown |
| October 2, 2018 | Saudi Arabia's government kills journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate | Saudi Arabia | Detention and violence | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown |
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