Search: detention and violence, outcome reversed
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14 incidents match this view.
Country: Argentina, RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180 Canada, RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180 Egypt, RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180 Haiti, RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180 Myanmar, RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180 Nigeria, RSF 2026 rank: 112th of 180 Philippines, RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180 Poland, RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180 South Africa, RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180 South Korea, RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180 United States, RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180
Continent: Africa Asia Europe North America South America
Tactic: Detention and violence (14) Secrets and espionage laws (4) Access bans (3) Prior restraint (3) Shutdowns and blocking (2) Licensing and closure of outlets (2) Surveillance and subpoenas (1) Expulsion and visa denial (1)
Stage: Restrict (1) Punish (5) Silence (4) Eliminate (4)
Outcome: Reversed (14)
Level: National (11) State or province (2) Municipal (1)
Head of government: Adly Mansour Aung San Suu Kyi Barack Obama Chun Doo-hwan Daniel François Malan Donald Trump Ferdinand Marcos Jean-Claude Duvalier John Horgan Jorge Rafael Videla Laura Kelly Sani Abacha Tim Walz Wojciech Jaruzelski
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
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| August 11, 2023 | Police raid Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home in Kansas | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Laura Kelly | Reversed (August 5, 2024) |
| July 20, 2021 | Court orders RCMP to stop restricting press access at Fairy Creek logging blockades | Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180) | Access bans | John Horgan | Reversed (July 20, 2021) |
| 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) |
| May 29, 2020 | Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Tim Walz | Reversed (May 29, 2020) |
| 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) |
| 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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