THE RSF released a 34-strong list of what it called media freedom “predators”: leaders and organizations around the world it accuses of “direct responsibility for press freedom violations”.
The following is an excerpt from the list:
Bangladesh: Interior Minister Lutfozzaman Babor; Maoist party Purbobanglar
Cuba: President Fidel Castro
Iran: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Laos: President Khamtay Siphandone
Libya: Moamer Qadhafi
Maldives: President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Myanmar: Gen Than Shwe
Nepal: King Gyanendra; Maoist leader Comrade Prachanda
Nigeria: State Security Service
North Korea: Leader Kim Jong-Il
Pakistan: President Pervez Musharraf
Russia: President Vladimir Putin
Spain: Basque separatist group ETA
Syria: President Bashar al Assad
Tunisia: President Zine el Abidine ben Ali
Turkmenistan: President Saparmurat Niyazov
Uzbekistan: President Islam Karimov
Vietnam: Communist party leader Nong Duc Manh
Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe —AFP
