Reporters Without Borders also known as Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) has placed Imran Khan, Narendra Modi, Muhammad Bin Salman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and many other head of states in the list of media predators.
In its official website published in “a gallery of grim portraits, a total of 37 heads of state or government who launched a crackdown massively on press freedom” under the caption “RSF’s 2021: Press freedom predators gallery included old tyrants, two women and a European.”
“There are now 37 leaders from around the world in RSF’s predators of press freedom gallery and no one could say this list is exhaustive,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
Besides Prime Minister Imran Khan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the list also included Chinese President Xi Jingping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emamoli Rakhmon, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, King of Bahrain Hamed bin Isa Al Khalifa and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un.
