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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
5 September 2025	Serbian police strike, detain and disarm journalists covering anti-government protests	Serbia (RSF 2026 rank: 104th of 180)	Detention and violence	Aleksandar Vucic	Ongoing
3 September 2025	Ethiopia arrests at least six journalists including Sheger FM staff over election-year coverage	Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180)	Detention and violence	Abiy Ahmed	Ongoing (22 September 2025)
3 February 2025	Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws	Bangladesh (RSF 2026 rank: 152nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Muhammad Yunus	Ongoing
1 November 2023	Turkish authorities detain three journalists under 'disinformation' law	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Ongoing
14 June 2023	Guatemala convicts investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora on money-laundering charge	Guatemala (RSF 2026 rank: 128th of 180)	Detention and violence	Alejandro Giammattei	Ongoing
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
18 September 2001	Eritrea: independent press closed and journalists jailed without trial	Eritrea (RSF rank: not recorded)	Detention and violence	Isaias Afwerki	Ongoing
18 September 1988	Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Prior restraint	Saw Maung	Ongoing (1 January 1989)

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