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Daniel Wickham
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@DanielWickham93

Daniel Wickham

@DanielWickham93

Writer @The_NewArab, LSE UG, founder/events officer @LSEMENASoc. Focus on human rights, foreign policy, MENA politics, Arab revolutions danielwickham1@gmail.com

Joined January 2012
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  1. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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  2. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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 …

    4,392 retweets 1,227 likes
  3. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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    4,487 retweets 1,278 likes
  4. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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 …

    3,981 retweets 1,144 likes
  5. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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 …

    4,052 retweets 1,192 likes
  6. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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    3,975 retweets 1,111 likes
  7. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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    4,196 retweets 1,177 likes
  8. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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    4,098 retweets 1,170 likes
  9. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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    4,036 retweets 1,190 likes
  10. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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 …

    3,753 retweets 1,126 likes
    Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

    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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      1. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

        19) Prime Minister Kopacz of Poland, which raided a magazine to seize recordings embarrassing for the ruling party http://en.rsf.org/poland-violating-confidentiality-of-20-06-2014,46487.html …

        3,571 retweets 1,067 likes
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      3. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

        20) PM Cameron of the UK, where authorities destroyed documents obtained by The Guardian and threatened prosecution http://en.rsf.org/uk-government-s-culpable-20-08-2013,45073.html …

        4,097 retweets 1,265 likes
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      5. Daniel Wickham ‏@DanielWickham93 11 Jan 2015

        21) Saudi ambassador to France. The Saudis publicly flogged blogger @raif_badawi for "insulting Islam" on Friday http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/09/saudi-blogger-first-lashes-raif-badawi …

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      7. Richard Hall ‏@_RichardHall 11 Jan 2015

        @DanielWickham93 was the Saudi ambassador to France definitely at the march in Paris? I know amb to Lebanon was at Beirut rally.

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    1. N ‏@wander7lust 11 Jan 2015

      @DanielWickham93 don't forget French President himself. France t only country to ban protests supporting Palestine.

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    2. Clar Ni Fhearail ‏@clarefarrell 11 Jan 2015

      @DanielWickham93 thank you for highlighting the ridiculous hypocrisy of what's happening today in Paris #CharlieHebdo #freespeech

      8 retweets 11 likes
    3. R.S.S. ‏@_R_S_S_ 11 Jan 2015

      @DanielWickham93 19) PM Cameron whose government raided Guardian offices and ordered destruction of private property.

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    4. maya ‏@mayasdreams 11 Jan 2015

      .@DanielWickham93 France leaders where pro Palestine demonstrations were banned

      7 retweets 4 likes
      1. Cameron MacLeod ‏@c_9 11 Jan 2015

        @DanielWickham93 Here's the map so far: pic.twitter.com/b6VCpEdpZU

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      2. George ‏@Hieronymouz 11 Jan 2015

        @c_9 @DanielWickham93 what is this map of ???

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      3. Cameron MacLeod ‏@c_9 11 Jan 2015

        @Hieronymouz @DanielWickham93 His previous tweets explain.

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    5. Hugo ‏@hugovk 11 Jan 2015

      @DanielWickham93 The Finnish PM was also there and blasphemy is also a criminal offence in Finland: http://yle.fi/uutiset/minister_of_justice_blasphemy_law_need_not_be_changed/7730844 …

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      1. Lucy Weir ‏@LucyWBMcA 11 Jan 2015

        @DanielWickham93 though to be fair, I am not sure that anyone's been convicted of blasphemy in IE,& if they were, they wouldn't be flogged.

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      3. Donncha ‏@DonnchaKnow 11 Jan 2015

        @LucyWBMcA @DanielWickham93 Not only that, but no prosecution has ever been brought. Basically impossible to commit the offence of blasphemy

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      5. Donncha ‏@DonnchaKnow 11 Jan 2015

        @LucyWBMcA @DanielWickham93 so I don't think that this equates to some of the other states' transgressions mentioned on this list

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      6. Lucy Weir ‏@LucyWBMcA 11 Jan 2015

        @DonnchaKnow @DanielWickham93 no, it doesn't, but why have a pointless law?

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      7. Donncha ‏@DonnchaKnow 11 Jan 2015

        @LucyWBMcA @DanielWickham93 It's unfortunately mandated by Art. 40.6.1 of our silly, anachronistic constitution. Drafted by catholic zealots

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    6. Teresa Mohamed ‏@tmoptimist 11 Jan 2015

      @DanielWickham93 Thank you for this great effort.

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      1. Kieran ‏@eslsys 11 Jan 2015

        @DanielWickham93 @7worldscollide there are no European nations with true freedom of speech, defamation, incitement, broadcasting laws etc

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      2. Orla ‏@7worldscollide 11 Jan 2015

        @eslsys no. It's all a bit farcical. 😳@DanielWickham93

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      4. Kieran ‏@eslsys 11 Jan 2015

        @7worldscollide @DanielWickham93 farcical - best summary indeed

        0 retweets 2 likes

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