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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
15 February 2023	Russia: journalist Maria Ponomarenko is sentenced to six years for reporting on a Mariupol strike	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (15 February 2023)
15 February 2023	Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship	Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Daniel Ortega	Sustained
14 February 2023	Indian tax authorities search BBC offices weeks after Modi documentary ban	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Narendra Modi	Unknown
13 February 2023	Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen orders Voice of Democracy's license revoked over one article	Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Hun Sen	Sustained (13 February 2023)
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)
8 February 2023	Belarus: journalist Andrzej Poczobut is sentenced to eight years for inciting hatred	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Alexander Lukashenko	Reversed (28 April 2026)
5 September 2022	Russia: journalist Ivan Safronov is sentenced to 22 years for treason	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Vladimir Putin	Ongoing (5 September 2022)
5 September 2022	Russia: a Moscow court suspends Novaya Gazeta's print license	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (5 September 2022)
16 June 2022	Russia: entry bans, visa restrictions and bureau closures for foreign correspondents	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Access bans	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (16 June 2022)
18 May 2022	Russia: CBC/Radio-Canada bureau closed and journalists' visas cancelled	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (18 May 2022)
13 May 2022	Ethiopia: Economist correspondent Tom Gardner expelled	Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Abiy Ahmed	Sustained (13 May 2022)
9 March 2022	Belarus: Deutsche Welle and other outlets labeled 'extremist'	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Official labels	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained (9 March 2022)
4 March 2022	Russia: regulator blocks BBC Russian, Deutsche Welle and other outlets	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (4 March 2022)
4 March 2022	Russia criminalizes 'fake' reporting on the military, up to 15 years in prison	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Vladimir Putin	Sustained
22 January 2022	Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas is arrested for a proverb about President Erdogan	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Ongoing (22 June 2023)
14 January 2022	Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas tried for insulting the president	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Lawsuits against the press	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Ongoing (22 June 2023)
14 December 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 (14 December 2021)
6 November 2021	FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Joe Biden	Unknown
19 July 2021	Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Joe Biden	Reversed (25 April 2025)
July 2021	Hungary: investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware	Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Viktor Orban	Ongoing (1 July 2021)
24 June 2021	China (Hong Kong): Apple Daily closes after its assets are frozen under the national security law	Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Carrie Lam	Sustained (24 June 2021)
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
23 April 2021	Russia: independent outlet Meduza designated a 'foreign agent'	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Official labels	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (23 April 2021)
April 2021	Poland: state oil company Orlen buys the Polska Press newspaper group	Poland (RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Mateusz Morawiecki	Sustained (1 April 2021)
1 April 2021	Turkiye: the presidency's press card system is found restrictive by the country's top administrative court	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Credential control	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Reversed (1 April 2021)
8 March 2021	Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Min Aung Hlaing	Sustained
14 February 2021	Hungary: Klubradio loses its terrestrial broadcast license over its tender application	Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Viktor Orban	Upheld by a court (1 September 2021)
February 2021	Myanmar: military cuts mobile internet after seizing power	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Min Aung Hlaing	Ongoing (3 May 2021)
12 September 2020	Political appointees alter CDC coronavirus guidance before public release	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Prior restraint	Donald Trump	Unknown
29 August 2020	Belarus: accreditation withdrawn from 17 journalists working for foreign outlets	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Access bans	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained (29 August 2020)
24 July 2020	Hungary: editor fired and staff resign at Index.hu	Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Viktor Orban	Sustained (24 July 2020)
23 July 2020	Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Access bans	Donald Trump	Reversed (23 July 2020)
5 July 2020	Morocco: investigative journalist Omar Radi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware and he is later detained	Morocco (RSF rank: not recorded)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Saadeddine Othmani	Reversed (1 July 2024)
15 June 2020	Philippines: Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Lawsuits against the press	Rodrigo Duterte	Ongoing (15 June 2020)
14 May 2020	China: citizen journalist Zhang Zhan imprisoned for Wuhan reporting	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Detention and violence	Xi Jinping	Ongoing
15 April 2020	Australia's High Court invalidates warrant for raid on journalist Annika Smethurst	Australia (RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Scott Morrison	Reversed (27 May 2020)
30 March 2020	Hungary criminalizes false coronavirus information and grants Orban decree powers	Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Viktor Orban	Unknown
18 March 2020	China: press credentials and visas withheld from correspondents at three American newspapers	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Credential control	Xi Jinping	Sustained (3 March 2021)
17 March 2020	China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Xi Jinping	Sustained
19 February 2020	China: three Wall Street Journal correspondents expelled over an opinion headline	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Access bans	Xi Jinping	Sustained (19 February 2020)

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