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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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 …
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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15) Sheikh Mohamed Ben Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar, which jailed a man for 15 ys for writing the Jasmine poem http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/qatar-court-upholds-sentence-against-poet-20131021123723850815.html …
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16) Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who had several journalists jailed for insulting him in 2013 http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Palestinian-journalist-jailed-for-insulting-Abbas-308014 …
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17) Prime Minister Cerar of Slovenia, which sentenced a blogger to six months in prison for "defamation" in 2013 http://en.rsf.org/slovenia-blogger-gets-six-months-in-jail-16-05-2013,44621.html …
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18) Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland, where "blasphemy" is considered a criminal offense http://en.rsf.org/ireland-making-blasphemy-an-offence-takes-04-01-2010,35672.html …
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@DanielWickham93 It hurts the case of press freedom to equate the U.S. with the UAE, Hamas, Egypt, etc. You're undermining your own point. -
@jbeilinson not equating them. -
@DanielWickham93 Thanks for clarifying. But your tweets look like a bullet list of press freedom sinners. It does imply equivalence.
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@DanielWickham93 ...and forced Barratt Brown to plea deal by using the 'tactic' of massive 'over-charging'#FreeBB#JeSuisBarrattBrown -
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@DanielWickham93 Man, you're killin it with these tweets. - Show more
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@DanielWickham93@pikester45@markberman Martial law coming soon? -
@DanielWickham93@markberman war on whistleblowers. -
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@DanielWickham93 &@jeremyscahill The Attorney General of the US has many faults, but he is not responsible for the police in Ferguson! -
@DanielWickham93@leftocentre Disgraceful -
@DanielWickham93 And that too is barely a touch on free speech violations. Amazing how hypocritical politicians are. -
@DanielWickham93 So, in defense of Holder, cops in the US are locally run (state, county, city) and organized. That’s half the problem.
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