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David Cameron - UK
In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, Cameron had the Guardian raided. He also personally gave the order to destroy a computer containing secret information from Snowden.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10255767/David-Cameron-accused-of-sanctioning-detention-of-Guardian-journalists-partner-David-Miranda.html
Mahmoud Abbas - Palestinia
Had a journalist locked up for insulting him.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-palestinians-abbas-facebook-idUSBRE92R0US20130328
Sameh Shoukry - Egypt
Egypt had jailed multiple journalists for "supporting terrorists".
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/al-jazeera-journalists-jailed-seven-years-egypt
Viktor Orbán - Hungary
A new media law in Hungary makes it possible for the government to issue fines to journalists that go against the government's wishes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-hungary-media-insight-idUSBREA1I08C2014021
Sergej Lavrov - Russia
Just one big shitshow over there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_Russia
Ahmet Davutoglu - Turkey
Last December Turkey jailed journalists for outing their critique for the Turkish president.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/dec/16/arrests-of-turkish-journalists-widely-condemned-across-the-world
This is in response to: http://imgur.com/gallery/yi8D8Y3 , which already named the Israeli PM
Source (Dutch): http://www.demorgen.be/buitenland/zeven-maal-op-de-eerste-rij-voor-persvrijheid-maar-niet-in-eigen-land-a2178859/
More info here: http://en.rsf.org/
TrannyNapper
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whatsthisusernameofwhichyouspeak
This fucking world, man.
vetwalker47
Who thought any single country below the 1st had any desire to validate human rights though? And destroying info doesn't = kill the writer.
wtf01001
They can't contain the Internet... Yet...
ArmeAaron
Being wary and aware of governments impeding on free speech is equally important as being wary and aware of extremism.
Wuz314159
Same thing really.
travelocitygnome
another thing these guys all have is common is that the didnt shoot up a bunch of cartoonists, although hamas is a legit terrorist group
arthurebmd
Good standard to set
TylerD2022
It's sad that this is getting so many downvotes
arthurebmd
Now there's zoom though, so people have to upvote
TylerD2022
=)