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May 4, 2010

Reporters Without Borders Lists “Predators of Press Freedom”
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And Reporters Without Borders has issued its list of predators of press
freedom to mark World Press Freedom Day. 
The group described the list as “40 politicians, government officials,
religious leaders, militias and criminal organizations that cannot stand
the press, treat it as an enemy and directly attack journalists.” Names
on the list include Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Chinese
President Hu Jintao, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the
Israeli military, the Israel Defense Forces. Just days before the list
was released the Israeli military blocked a crew from the tv network Al
Jazeera from covering a Palestinian rally in the West Bank village of
Bil’in.



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