Daniel Wickham
So here are some of the staunch defenders of the free press attending the solidarity rally in Paris today...
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5) Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, which last year jailed a journalist for "insulting a government servant" http://en.rsf.org/russie-journalist-arrested-after-17-09-2014,46974.html …
6) Foreign Minister Lamamra of Algeria, which has detained journalist Abdessami Abdelhai for 15 months without charge http://en.rsf.org/algerie-journalist-held-without-trial-in-17-11-2014,47235.html …
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7) The Foreign Minister of the UAE, which in 2013 held a journo incommunicado for a month on suspicion of MB links https://cpj.org/2013/08/uae-authorities-release-egyptian-journalist-after.php …
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8) Prime Minister Jomaa of Tunisia, which recently jailed blogger Yassine Ayan for 3 years for "defaming the army" http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/tunisia-blogger-jailed-military-court-should-be-released-2015-01-06 …
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9) The PMs of Georgia and Bulgaria, both of whom have a record of attacking & beating journos http://en.rsf.org/bulgarie-police-attack-journalists-covering-26-07-2013,44980.html … http://en.rsf.org/georgie-at-least-a-dozen-journalists-27-05-2011,40365.html …
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10) The Attorney General of the US, where police in Ferguson have recently detained and assaulted WashPost reporters http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/13/washington-post-reporter-arrested-in-ferguson/ …
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11) Prime Minister Samaras of Greece, where riot police beat & injured two journalists at a protest in June last year http://en.rsf.org/greece-riot-police-injure-woman-13-06-2014,46435.html …
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12) Sec-Gen of NATO, who are yet to be held to account for deliberately bombing and killing 16 Serbian journos in '99 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423 …
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13) President Keita of Mali, where journalists are expelled for covering human rights abuses https://cpj.org/2013/05/malian-army-expels-french-journalist-from-gao.php …
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14) The Foreign Minister of Bahrain, 2nd biggest jailer of journos in the world per capita (they also torture them) http://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-bahrain.php …
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@DanielWickham93@MuhammadAArshad that is the definitive list of hypocritical bastards -
@DanielWickham93 great journalism yourself. A real eye-opener for the future these leaders want to create.#corruptionisreal -
@DanielWickham93@IrvineWelsh David cameron, whose gov jailed a known red haired crony of the PM for phone tapping. Oh, wait... -
@DanielWickham93@IrvineWelsh and david cameron whose govt ordered the trashing of computers at the guardian -
@DanielWickham93@NSydenham Alas The world is full of hypocracy -
@DanielWickham93:6)Lamamra Ministro d AA.EE d Argelia, q detuvo al periodista Abdessami Abdelhai 15 meses sin cargos http://en.rsf.org/algerie-journalist-helad-without-trial-in-17-11-2014,47235.html …Translated from Spanish by Bing -
@DanielWickham93@alfonslopeztena ex PM of Poland who organised the assassination in Smolensk 10.04.2010 to kill pres. L. Kaczyński
Faisal Rafi
simon sweeney
tom burton
dee cooper
Peace to Scotland
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