Search: detention and violence, stage: silence

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
18 May 2021	Belarus blocks Tut.by and arrests its editors as 'extremist'	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained
8 March 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
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)
13 December 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 (22 July 1983)
31 July 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 (1 June 1987)
19 October 1977	South Africa bans The World and Weekend World newspapers and detains editor Percy Qoboza	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Balthazar Johannes Vorster	Sustained (1 March 1978)
11 September 1973	Chile's military government shuts opposition radio stations and newspapers after the 1973 coup	Chile (RSF 2026 rank: 70th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Augusto Pinochet	Sustained (1 March 1990)
21 September 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 (25 February 1986)
17 July 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 (31 July 1991)
3 September 1939	Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations	Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180)	Prior restraint	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Sustained (31 December 1945)
9 March 1913	Ottoman Empire bars lawmakers and officials from editing newspapers and jails a leading editor	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Mehmed V	Sustained (9 March 1913)

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