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Incidents: expulsion and visa denial

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.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
7 January 2026	Israel: ban on independent entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, 2023 to 2026	Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180)	Access bans		Sustained (25 February 2026)
19 March 2025	Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Detention and violence	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Unknown (2 April 2025)
28 July 2024	Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election	Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180)	Detention and violence	Nicolas Maduro	Sustained
15 February 2023	Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship	Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Daniel Ortega	Sustained
18 May 2022	Russia: CBC/Radio-Canada bureau closed and journalists' visas cancelled	Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Vladimir Putin	Sustained (18 May 2022)
13 May 2022	Ethiopia: Economist correspondent Tom Gardner expelled	Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Abiy Ahmed	Sustained (13 May 2022)
17 March 2020	China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers	China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Xi Jinping	Sustained
7 November 2019	India: journalist Aatish Taseer's overseas citizenship revoked	India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Narendra Modi	Sustained (7 November 2019)
17 January 2019	Türkiye: Dutch freelance journalist Ans Boersma deported	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sustained (17 January 2019)
September 2018	Nicaragua: freelance correspondent detained and deported after online campaign	Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Daniel Ortega	Sustained (30 September 2018)
1 September 2017	Venezuela expels or denies entry to dozens of foreign journalists covering anti-government protests	Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Nicolas Maduro	Ongoing (25 January 2018)
21 June 2009	Iran expels a BBC correspondent and restricts foreign journalists after a disputed 2009 election	Iran (RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Unknown
14 June 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 (1 January 1990)
1980	Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile	Haiti (RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Jean-Claude Duvalier	Reversed (1 February 1986)
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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