Three opposition MPs in Nauru have been suspended from parliament for "talking too much to foreign media", including the ABC.

Former foreign minister Dr Kieren Keke was disciplined, along with Roland Kun and Mathew Batsiua, over interviews with overseas news organisations.

The three had been critical of the government in foreign media over several issues including the dismissal of chief magistrate Peter Law, and barring Chief Justice Geoffrey Eames from returning to the country.

Sorry, this audio has expired Kieren Keke speaks with Pacific Beat

Dr Keke has told Pacific Beat the government's moves have not gone down well in Nauru.

"The response that I got from my constituency and people in general in Nauru was overwhelming yesterday following the sitting," he said.

"There's certainly a groundswell of support for myself and the other two members and certainly a lot of criticism from the public against the government for this latest manoeuvre."

Mr Kun and Mr Batsiua were out of the country during yesterday's parliament sitting.

Dr Keke says after the government passed the suspension motion, he refused to leave.

"When we resumed, I remained in my seat, and I told the speaker that the motion was out of order - it's baseless, has no substance, and I wasn't going to comply with it," he said.

"The speaker, he decided to ask the Nauru police force to enter the chamber and remove me.

"It was at that point there were a number of members of parliament stood up and barricaded myself from police and there was a bit of stand off that carried off for some time."

He says the government controls what is being reported in local media, and wants to do the same thing overseas.

"This motion to suspend three members of the opposition is not because they truly believe we are damaging Nauru's development - that's a load of rubbish," he said.

"This is about gagging members of parliament.

"They don't want criticism, they don't want scrutiny - they want to turn Nauru into something like North Korea."

Nauru voted to 'protect nation's reputation'

Nauru's parliament says it has voted to protect the nation's international standing and future investment by suspending the three opposition MPs.

Justice Minister David Adeang, who put forward the motion, says comments made by the MPs to foreign media were damaging Nauru's development.

"They were suspended due to their deliberate attempts... undermining the good work of the Waqa Government to introduce Bendigo Bank to the island, and which also led to concerns raised by donors, and considerations to suspend aid programs to Nauru," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

"This has nothing to do with censorship and the claims made by Mr Keke today have been outrageous."

Mr Adeang says the government and "people of Nauru have had enough".

"There is a place to argue your point and that is here in the parliament.

"These MPs have done what no other country would deem acceptable - use the foreign media to trash our international reputation."

'(They) are trying to put Nauru in darkness': arrested photographer

Freelance photographer Clint Deidenang saw the drama unfold, but says he was arrested when he tried to take photos.

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"I was outside the Parliament with hundreds of people - they were protesting and chanting - (but) much of the commotion was inside the Parliament House," he told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat.

Mr Deidenang says the police told him that he could not take photos of any members of parliament outside Parliament.

Sorry, this audio has expired Nauru photographer says he was arrested trying to take photos ( Sam Bolitho )

He says he was arrested, taken to the police station and later released without any charge.

Mr Deidenang says the police have stopped him before when he was taking photos of asylum seekers at Nauru's Australian-run immigration detention centre.

He says his photographs get published in the Australian and international media as well as on the Internet.

"I just think the Australian Government and the Nauru Government are trying to put a blanket on Nauru to put it in darkness so the international community won't know anything what's going on here," he told the ABC's The World.

He says the pressure from the authorities is very bad.

"It's a threat to democracy, it's a threat to freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of information," he said.

"Nauru's a democracy state and it shouldn't be doing these kind of things against every principle of democracy."

Mr Deidenang says the incident won't stop him doing his job.

"No, I'll keep doing what I love doing," he said.

"I believe in the sharing of information - that's what keeps me going, the sharing of information."

Radio Australia has asked for comment from the Nauru government on Mr Deidenang's claims but is yet to receive a response.

Meanwhile, supporters of Dr Keke have protested outside parliament to express their concern about the suspension.

Dr Keke says he entered parliament on Wednesday despite the suspension motion.

He says after police failed to remove him, he met with the Speaker who decided to seek legal advice on the suspension and adjourned the House.