One Student’s Epic Tweets Call Out the Biggest Hypocrites Marching for Free Speech In Paris
Adding to the symbolic weight of the demonstrations, more than 40 world leaders joined the start of the Paris march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. But as Reporters Without Borders points out, not every world leader present is really a defender of free speech.
Don’t forget Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon’s tyrant of a president. His family has been in power since 1967.
Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the presence of leaders from countries where journalists and bloggers are systematically persecuted such as Egypt (which is ranked 159th out of 180 countries in RWB’s press freedom index), Russia (148th), Turkey (154th) and United Arab Emirates (118th). (X)
