Search in Asia, stage: eliminate, national level
The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.
9 incidents match this view.
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
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| 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 (November 1, 2024) |
| January 17, 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 (January 17, 2024) |
| December 14, 2021 | Vietnam: journalist Pham Doan Trang is sentenced to nine years for anti-state "propaganda" | Viet Nam (RSF rank: not recorded) | Secrets and espionage laws | Nguyen Xuan Phuc | Sustained (December 14, 2021) |
| May 14, 2020 | China: citizen journalist Zhang Zhan imprisoned for Wuhan reporting | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Detention and violence | Xi Jinping | Ongoing |
| October 2, 2018 | Saudi Arabia's government kills journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate | Saudi Arabia (RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180) | Detention and violence | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown |
| September 3, 2018 | Myanmar sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years under the Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Aung San Suu Kyi | Reversed (May 7, 2019) |
| September 1, 2015 | Azerbaijan: investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova sentenced to 7.5 years | Azerbaijan (RSF rank: not recorded) | Detention and violence | Ilham Aliyev | Reversed (May 25, 2016) |
| January 24, 2013 | Thailand: magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is sentenced to 11 years under the lese-majeste law | Thailand (RSF rank: not recorded) | Insult and defamation laws | Yingluck Shinawatra | Upheld by a court (April 30, 2018) |
| June 8, 2009 | North Korea: American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are sentenced to hard labor | North Korea (RSF rank: not recorded) | Secrets and espionage laws | Kim Jong Il | Reversed (August 4, 2009) |
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