Search: detention and violence, national level, outcome reversed

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

15 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
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)
July 23, 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 (July 23, 2020)
February 13, 2019	Philippines: Rappler's Maria Ressa arrested over cyber libel case	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Detention and violence	Rodrigo Duterte	Reversed (February 14, 2019)
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)
December 29, 2013	Egypt arrests and later convicts three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges	Egypt (RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180)	Detention and violence	Adly Mansour	Reversed (September 23, 2015)
July 5, 2010	United States charges Army analyst Chelsea Manning under the Espionage Act for leaking to WikiLeaks	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Barack Obama	Reversed (January 17, 2017)
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)
December 13, 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 (July 22, 1983)
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)
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)
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)
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)
March 17, 1950	South Africa's Suppression of Communism Act lets the government ban publications and restrict individuals	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Prior restraint	Daniel François Malan	Reversed (February 2, 1990)

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