Search: detention and violence in Europe

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
5 September 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
29 March 2023	Russia: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Vladimir Putin	Reversed (1 August 2024)
8 February 2023	Belarus: journalist Andrzej Poczobut sentenced to eight years	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Detention and violence	Alexander Lukashenko	Reversed (28 April 2026)
18 May 2021	Belarus blocks Tut.by and arrests its editors as 'extremist'	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained
18 August 2013	United Kingdom detains journalist's partner under terrorism law and oversees destruction of Guardian hard drives holding Snowden files	United Kingdom (RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	David Cameron	Upheld by a court (19 January 2016)
7 October 2006	Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is shot dead in Moscow; a former police officer is later convicted of organizing the killing	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Vladimir Putin	Upheld by a court (9 June 2014)
1997	Belarus jails journalist Pavel Sheremet over his reporting for Russian television station ORT	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Detention and violence	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained
30 August 1986	Soviet Union: arrest and seven-week detention of American correspondent Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow, 1986	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Mikhail Gorbachev	Reversed (29 September 1986)
13 December 1981	Poland's martial law government shuts nearly all newspapers and interns journalists overnight	Poland (RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Wojciech Jaruzelski	Reversed (22 July 1983)
26 October 1962	West Germany: police raid Der Spiegel's offices and arrest its editors over a defense article	Germany (RSF 2026 rank: 14th of 180)	Detention and violence	Konrad Adenauer	Unknown

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