# Haiti

Government actions against journalists in Haiti

[RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index). World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF); rank 1 is the freest.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Haiti is in Caribbean, North America. The record holds 1 incident in which the government of Haiti, or an official, court or legislature there, limited journalists' ability to report.

## Tactics used

- [Detention and violence: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=HT&tactic=detention_and_violence), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/detention_and_violence
- [Expulsion and visa denial: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=HT&tactic=expulsion_and_visa_denial), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/expulsion_and_visa_denial

## Heads of government at the time

- [Jean-Claude Duvalier: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/jean-claude-duvalier)

## Incidents by year

### 1981

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1981 | [Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1981-haiti-duvalier-radio-haiti-inter-exile) | [Expulsion and visa denial](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/expulsion_and_visa_denial) | Eliminate | [Jean-Claude Duvalier](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/jean-claude-duvalier) | Reversed (February 1, 1986) |

Ladders: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders. Timeline: https://thewaronnews.com/timeline/country/ht.

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