Search: detention and violence, 1900 to 1949

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
3 September 1939	Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations	Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180)	Prior restraint	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Sustained (31 December 1945)
8 June 1925	United States: Supreme Court upholds Benjamin Gitlow's conviction under New York's Criminal Anarchy Law, 1925	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Alfred E. Smith	Upheld by a court (8 June 1925)
26 June 1918	United States convicts newspaper editor Jacob Frohwerk under the Espionage Act, June 1918	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (10 March 1919)
1917	United States convicts Mother Earth editor Emma Goldman of draft conspiracy and bars her magazine from the mail	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Detention and violence	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (14 January 1918)
9 March 1913	Ottoman Empire bars lawmakers and officials from editing newspapers and jails a leading editor	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Mehmed V	Sustained (9 March 1913)

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