Compare: who did what, when: expulsion and visa denial

Each row is a tactic and each column a country. A cell lists the dated incidents in which that country's government used that tactic, with the head of government at the time and the outcome. Every incident links to its sources.

9 incidents, 6 tactics, 7 countries.

Tactics by country
Tactic	China	Haiti	Iran	Israel	Nicaragua	Türkiye	Venezuela
Access bans	June 14, 1989 China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests. Li Peng. Sustained. Issue of the day: Student-led pro-democracy protests had occupied Tiananmen Square for weeks before the government declared martial law and then used the military to clear the square in early June 1989, and moved to control international coverage of the events that followed.			January 7, 2026 Israel: ban on independent entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, 2023 to 2026. Sustained. Issue of the day: The war in Gaza, which began in October 2023.
Credential control	March 17, 2020 China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers. Xi Jinping. Sustained. Issue of the day: The expulsions followed a rapid exchange of measures: a Wall Street Journal opinion piece China objected to, the U.S. capping Chinese state-media staff, and China's decision to expel American reporters from three outlets in response, all unfolding as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading globally.
Expulsion and visa denial	June 14, 1989 China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests. Li Peng. Sustained. Issue of the day: Student-led pro-democracy protests had occupied Tiananmen Square for weeks before the government declared martial law and then used the military to clear the square in early June 1989, and moved to control international coverage of the events that followed. March 17, 2020 China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers. Xi Jinping. Sustained. Issue of the day: The expulsions followed a rapid exchange of measures: a Wall Street Journal opinion piece China objected to, the U.S. capping Chinese state-media staff, and China's decision to expel American reporters from three outlets in response, all unfolding as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading globally.	1981 Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile. Jean-Claude Duvalier. Reversed. Issue of the day: Radio Haiti-Inter had built a reputation for independent reporting critical of the Duvalier government at a time when most Haitian media avoided such coverage, drawing sustained official friction toward the station.	June 21, 2009 Iran expels a BBC correspondent and restricts foreign journalists after a disputed 2009 election. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Unknown. Issue of the day: Iran's disputed June 12, 2009 presidential election and the mass protests that followed allegations the vote was rigged for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.	January 7, 2026 Israel: ban on independent entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, 2023 to 2026. Sustained. Issue of the day: The war in Gaza, which began in October 2023.	February 16, 2023 Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship. Daniel Ortega. Sustained. Issue of the day: The rulings followed years of pressure on Nicaragua's independent press, including the earlier forced closure of the country's oldest newspaper, La Prensa, and came days after Ortega's government released 222 jailed dissidents to the United States and stripped their citizenship as well.	March 19, 2025 Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Unknown. Issue of the day: The detention of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on March 19, 2025, and the protests that followed.	September 1, 2017 Venezuela expels or denies entry to dozens of foreign journalists covering anti-government protests. Nicolas Maduro. Ongoing. Issue of the day: Sustained anti-government street protests in Venezuela in 2016 and 2017 over the economic crisis and President Maduro's moves to consolidate power. July 28, 2024 Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election. Nicolas Maduro. Sustained. Issue of the day: Venezuela's July 28, 2024 election, in which the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner without releasing detailed vote tallies opposition figures disputed, triggered protests and a surge of restrictions on the journalists covering them.
Shutdowns and blocking			June 21, 2009 Iran expels a BBC correspondent and restricts foreign journalists after a disputed 2009 election. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Unknown. Issue of the day: Iran's disputed June 12, 2009 presidential election and the mass protests that followed allegations the vote was rigged for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.				July 28, 2024 Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election. Nicolas Maduro. Sustained. Issue of the day: Venezuela's July 28, 2024 election, in which the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner without releasing detailed vote tallies opposition figures disputed, triggered protests and a surge of restrictions on the journalists covering them.
Detention and violence		1981 Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile. Jean-Claude Duvalier. Reversed. Issue of the day: Radio Haiti-Inter had built a reputation for independent reporting critical of the Duvalier government at a time when most Haitian media avoided such coverage, drawing sustained official friction toward the station.				March 19, 2025 Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Unknown. Issue of the day: The detention of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on March 19, 2025, and the protests that followed.	July 28, 2024 Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election. Nicolas Maduro. Sustained. Issue of the day: Venezuela's July 28, 2024 election, in which the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner without releasing detailed vote tallies opposition figures disputed, triggered protests and a surge of restrictions on the journalists covering them.
Official labels					February 16, 2023 Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship. Daniel Ortega. Sustained. Issue of the day: The rulings followed years of pressure on Nicaragua's independent press, including the earlier forced closure of the country's oldest newspaper, La Prensa, and came days after Ortega's government released 222 jailed dissidents to the United States and stripped their citizenship as well.

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