Incidents: access bans, stage: punish

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

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

7 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
March 10, 2026	Hungary: a ruling-party mayor forcibly removes Telex reporters from a campaign event	Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180)	Access bans	Viktor Orban	Ongoing (March 10, 2026)
June 16, 2022	Russia: entry bans, visa restrictions and bureau closures for foreign correspondents	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Access bans	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (June 16, 2022)
August 29, 2020	Belarus: accreditation withdrawn from 17 journalists working for foreign outlets	Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180)	Access bans	Alexander Lukashenko	Sustained (August 29, 2020)
July 23, 2020	Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Access bans	Donald Trump	Reversed (July 23, 2020)
May 29, 2020	Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Detention and violence	Tim Walz	Reversed (May 29, 2020)
February 19, 2020	China: three Wall Street Journal correspondents expelled over an opinion headline	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Access bans	Xi Jinping	Sustained (February 19, 2020)
June 14, 1989	China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Li Peng	Sustained (January 1, 1990)

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