World leaders at Paris march criticized for freedom of speech records

More than 40 world leaders joined around 3.7 million people all over France on Sunday to show solidarity with the victims of the attack on the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the subsequent attacks around Paris last week

The rallies were also seen as a statement in defense of freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. But many observers noticed that some of the leaders present at the march have a poor record in terms of freedom of speech and the press in their own countries

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Reporters Without Borders said it was "appalled by the presence of leaders from countries where journalists and bloggers are systematically persecuted" and went as far as to call them "predators." Read more...

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