Search: licensing and closure of outlets, outcome sustained
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13 incidents match this view.
Country: Argentina, RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180 Cambodia, RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180 Hong Kong, RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180 Hungary, RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180 Myanmar, RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180 Pakistan, RSF 2026 rank: 153rd of 180 Russia, RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180 Slovakia, RSF 2026 rank: 37th of 180 Türkiye, RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180 Venezuela, RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180
Continent: Asia Europe South America
Tactic: Licensing and closure of outlets (13) Funding and ownership pressure (5) Detention and violence (2) Secrets and espionage laws (1) Official labels (1)
Stage: Pressure (2) Punish (1) Silence (9) Eliminate (1)
Outcome: Sustained (13)
Level: National (12) State or province (1)
Head of government: Carrie Lam Hugo Chavez Hun Sen Javier Milei John Lee Min Aung Hlaing Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Robert Fico Shehbaz Sharif Viktor Orban Vladimir Putin
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
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| December 15, 2025 | China (Hong Kong): conviction and 20-year sentence of the media owner Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law, 2025 to 2026 | Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180) | Detention and violence | John Lee | Sustained (February 8, 2026) |
| January 29, 2025 | Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content | Pakistan (RSF 2026 rank: 153rd of 180) | Official labels | Shehbaz Sharif | Sustained |
| June 20, 2024 | Slovakia's parliament dissolves public broadcaster RTVS, replaces it with STVR | Slovakia (RSF 2026 rank: 37th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Robert Fico | Sustained (July 1, 2024) |
| March 4, 2024 | Milei's government shuts down Argentina's state news agency Telam | Argentina (RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Javier Milei | Sustained |
| February 13, 2023 | Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen orders Voice of Democracy's license revoked over one article | Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Hun Sen | Sustained (February 13, 2023) |
| September 5, 2022 | Russia: a Moscow court suspends Novaya Gazeta's print license | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (September 5, 2022) |
| June 24, 2021 | China (Hong Kong): Apple Daily closes after its assets are frozen under the national security law | Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Carrie Lam | Sustained (June 24, 2021) |
| March 8, 2021 | Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Min Aung Hlaing | Sustained |
| September 4, 2017 | Cambodia's government forces the closure of The Cambodia Daily with a disputed multimillion-dollar tax bill | Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Hun Sen | Sustained (September 4, 2017) |
| July 27, 2016 | Turkey closes more than 100 media outlets by decree after a failed coup attempt | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sustained (December 31, 2016) |
| December 21, 2010 | Hungary's parliament gives a government-appointed media council power to fine outlets for unbalanced coverage | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Viktor Orban | Sustained (January 1, 2011) |
| May 27, 2007 | Venezuela: the government declines to renew RCTV's broadcast concession | Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Hugo Chavez | Sustained (September 8, 2015) |
| April 14, 2001 | State-controlled Gazprom takes formal control of Russia's independent NTV television network | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (April 14, 2001) |
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