Search: insult and defamation laws, national level, outcome reversed

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
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)
25 June 2013	Ecuador's Organic Communication Law creates a regulator that issues hundreds of sanctions against journalists and outlets	Ecuador (RSF 2026 rank: 125th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Rafael Correa	Reversed (20 February 2019)
20 October 1998	Serbia's Public Information Act lets courts fine independent newspapers into financial danger	Serbia (RSF 2026 rank: 104th of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Slobodan Milosevic	Reversed (1 October 2000)
April 1938	Franco's Spain requires state permission to be a journalist under a wartime Press Law	Spain (RSF 2026 rank: 29th of 180)	Credential control	Francisco Franco	Reversed (1 April 1977)
4 March 1909	United States: President Theodore Roosevelt seeks criminal libel indictments against the New York World and the Indianapolis News over Panama Canal reporting	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Theodore Roosevelt	Reversed (3 January 1911)

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