Search in Asia, outcome reversed

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

5 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
March 2024	Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Official labels	Narendra Modi	Reversed (September 20, 2024)
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)
July 31, 1980	South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls	South Korea (RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Chun Doo-hwan	Reversed (June 1, 1987)
June 26, 1975	India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Prior restraint	Indira Gandhi	Reversed (March 21, 1977)
September 21, 1972	Philippines President Marcos closes every major news outlet under martial law	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Ferdinand Marcos	Reversed (February 25, 1986)

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