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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
18 August 2013	United Kingdom detains journalist's partner under terrorism law and oversees destruction of Guardian hard drives holding Snowden files	United Kingdom (RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180)	Surveillance and subpoenas	David Cameron	Upheld by a court (19 January 2016)
7 October 2006	Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is shot dead in Moscow; a former police officer is later convicted of organizing the killing	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Detention and violence	Vladimir Putin	Upheld by a court (9 June 2014)
8 June 1925	United States: Supreme Court upholds Benjamin Gitlow's conviction under New York's Criminal Anarchy Law, 1925	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Alfred E. Smith	Upheld by a court (8 June 1925)
26 June 1918	United States convicts newspaper editor Jacob Frohwerk under the Espionage Act, June 1918	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (10 March 1919)
1917	United States convicts Mother Earth editor Emma Goldman of draft conspiracy and bars her magazine from the mail	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Detention and violence	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (14 January 1918)

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