Search, stage: eliminate, national level, outcome reversed
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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| March 29, 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 (August 1, 2024) |
| February 8, 2023 | Belarus: journalist Andrzej Poczobut sentenced to eight years | Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180) | Detention and violence | Alexander Lukashenko | Reversed (April 28, 2026) |
| February 8, 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 (April 28, 2026) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| July 1995 | Nigeria's military government convicts journalists by special tribunal over coup-plot reporting | Nigeria (RSF 2026 rank: 112th of 180) | Detention and violence | Sani Abacha | Reversed (June 15, 1998) |
| 1981 | Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile | Haiti (RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Reversed (February 1, 1986) |
| March 24, 1976 | Argentina's military junta threatens journalists with prison for reporting on its opponents | Argentina (RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180) | Detention and violence | Jorge Rafael Videla | Reversed (December 10, 1983) |
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