1. Prayuth Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister of Thailand
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Increasing pressure on
foreign correspondents
anti-freedom of expression laws
internet censorship
threats against journalists
journalists detained
19
2
L
L
L
Military camps for journalists
L
thailande
136
TH
180
2. NicolÁs Maduro
President of Venezuela
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media bosses forbidden
to leave the country
newspaper director
convicted to 4 years of prison
Regular paper shortages
for written press
Control and censoring
of all media
journalists agressions
Editorial offices vandalizing
16
1
22
venezuela
139 180
TH
3. VLADIMIR PUTIN
President of Russia
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journalists agressions70
Control of national
television
Repressive laws
against the media
Social media users
harassment
journalists arrested81
General propaganda
RUSSIA
148TH
180
4. Recep Tayyip ErdoĞan
President of Turkey
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Critical journalists in prison
Police raids in editorial offices
Editors fired for a tweet
Foreign journalists
forbidden in the country
prosecutions for insulting
the president
Control of medias
journalists arrested100
1000
Turkey
151 180
TH
5. radio stations attacked
with grenades
Information monopolised
by media of the State
Journalists exiled
journalists agressions
journalists imprisoned
L
14
4
5
100
BURUNDI
156
TH
180
Pierre Nkurunziza
President of Burundi
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6. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President of Egypt
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journalists tortured
in detention
repressive laws against
the media
editorial offices vandalizing
mass censoring of media
journalists imprisoned23
LLLL
EGYPT
159TH
180
7. Ilham AliYev
President of Azerbaijan
Families of journalists
harassment
journalists in prison
journalists agressions
Journalists forced into exile
independent TV channel
LLL
7
0
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Azerbaijan
163TH
180
8. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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whipping for insulting
Islam
Atheism considered
as terrorism
journalists incarcerated,
certain tortured10
1000
All critics of the
system censored
Repressive laws
against journalists
164180
TH
Saudi
Arabia
9. Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran
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journalists in inhumane prisons
suspension of medias6
32
Systematic convocations
and interrogations
L
Development of
a Halal/National internet
L
Impunity for the perpetrators
of crimes against journalists
L
Absurd accusations of spying
L
IRAN
169TH
180
10. XI Jinping
President of People’s Republic of China
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Families of journalists
harassment
journalists incarcerated,
certain tortured
Total control of medias
Systematic censoring
of the web
100
General propaganda
CHINA
176 180
TH
11. Kim Jong-un
Supreme leader of the democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
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Journalists imprisoned
and tortured
Boot camps
Total censorship
General propaganda
Life long prisoners
Journalists killed
North
Korea
179180
TH
12. Isaias Afwerki
President of the State of Eritrea
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journalists incarcerated
inhuman conditions
of detention
worst country in the world
for journalists
ban to communicate outside
the country
independent mediast
journalists forced into exile
15
32
0
LLL
Eritrea
180
TH
180