"So here are some of the staunch defenders of the free press that attended the solidarity rally in Paris today..."
1) King Abdullah of Jordan, which last year sentenced a Palestinian journalist to 15 years in prison with hard labour
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Jordanian-Palestinian-who-writes-for-Post-sentenced-in-Jordan-to-life-with-hard-labor-341596
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Jordanian-Palestinian-who-writes-for-Post-sentenced-in-Jordan-to-life-with-hard-labor-341596
2) Prime Minister of Davutoglu of Turkey, which imprisons more journalists than any other country in the world
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/dec/18/journalist-safety-turkey
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/dec/18/journalist-safety-turkey
3) Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, whose forced killed 7 journalists in Gaza last year (second highest after Syria)
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-barometer-journalists-killed.html?annee=2014
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-barometer-journalists-killed.html?annee=2014
4) Foreign Minister Shoukry of Egypt, which as well as AJ staff has detained journalist Shawkan for around 500 days
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/20/photojournalist-shawkan-describes-endless-nightmare-behind-bars/
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/20/photojournalist-shawkan-describes-endless-nightmare-behind-bars/
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
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
http://en.rsf.org/algerie-journalist-held-without-trial-in-17-11-2014,47235.html
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
https://cpj.org/2013/08/uae-authorities-release-egyptian-journalist-after.php
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
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/tunisia-blogger-jailed-military-court-should-be-released-2015-01-06
9) The PMs of Georgia and Bulgaria, both of whom have a record of attacking & beating journos
http://en.rsf.org/georgie-at-least-a-dozen-journalists-27-05-2011,40365.html
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
http://en.rsf.org/bulgarie-police-attack-journalists-covering-26-07-2013,44980.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/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/13/washington-post-reporter-arrested-in-ferguson/
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
http://en.rsf.org/greece-riot-police-injure-woman-13-06-2014,46435.html
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
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423
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
https://cpj.org/2013/05/malian-army-expels-french-journalist-from-gao.php
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
http://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-bahrain.php
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
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/qatar-court-upholds-sentence-against-poet-20131021123723850815.html
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
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Palestinian-journalist-jailed-for-insulting-Abbas-308014
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
http://en.rsf.org/slovenia-blogger-gets-six-months-in-jail-16-05-2013,44621.html
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
http://en.rsf.org/ireland-making-blasphemy-an-offence-takes-04-01-2010,35672.html
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
http://en.rsf.org/poland-violating-confidentiality-of-20-06-2014,46487.html
20) PM Cameron of the UK, where author ities destroyed documents obtained by The Guardian and threatened prosecution
http://en.rsf.org/uk-government-s-culpable-20-08-2013,45073.html
http://en.rsf.org/uk-government-s-culpable-20-08-2013,45073.html
21) Saudi ambassador to France. The Saudis publicly flogged blogger @raif_badawi for "insulting Islam" on Friday
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