Search: detention and violence, national level, outcome unknown
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4 incidents match this view.
Country: India, RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180 Saudi Arabia, RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180 Türkiye, RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180 United States, RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180
Continent: Asia North America
Tactic: Detention and violence (4) Insult and defamation laws (1) Expulsion and visa denial (1) Surveillance and subpoenas (1)
Stage: Punish (3) Eliminate (1)
Outcome: Unknown (4)
Level: National (4)
Head of government: Joe Biden Narendra Modi Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026 | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Narendra Modi | Unknown (February 10, 2026) |
| March 19, 2025 | Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025 | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Detention and violence | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Unknown (April 2, 2025) |
| November 6, 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 |
| October 2, 2018 | Saudi Arabia's government kills journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate | Saudi Arabia (RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180) | Detention and violence | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown |