Dolev 867 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Around a million people are marching in a unity rally in Paris after 17 people were killed in terror attacks last week at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket. Joining them are around 50 world leaders, but how much do some of those attending really care about the freedom of the press within their own countries? Nine of those countries being represented today are in the final third of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders. Here they are with their ranking, out of 180, on the index in parentheses: Algeria (121) Represented by foreign Ramtane Lamamra Mali (122) Represented by president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Ukraine (127) Represented by president Petro Porochenko Tunisia (133) Represented by prime minister Mehdi Jomaa Palestinian Authority (138) Represented by president Mahmoud Abbas Jordan (141) Represented by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Russia (148) Represented by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov Turkey (154) Represented by prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu Bahrain (163) Represented by foreign minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Prince Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Khalifa Source Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Maybe they're protesting against extremism then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm 979 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Almost everyone can aim to improve It's only really the usual nations that have "good situations", plus I think many of the leader's attendance was also acting as condemnation of the attacks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov Hooka 8,008 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 expose ha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfSpain 10,010 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 You forget that 40 of those 50 leaders are from countries where press freedom is a fact.... http://gagadaily.com/forums/topic/227246-ceremony-gagas-videography-megarate/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Central and Northern Europe slaying. But yes I agree, they most likely don't all at all and just want to get good headlines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Wow Europe has a lot of countries with free press Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yaaaas at you recognizing Palestine as a country Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm 979 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yaaaas at you recognizing Palestine as a country Also yass at you recognising the underlying flamebait in this thread :legend:Presumably anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yaaaas at you recognizing Palestine as a country Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monketsharona 90,359 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think they are more here for supporting France and French population and for fight against terrorism of course... Everybody getting together against terrostism is a great image to see ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfSpain 10,010 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think they are more here for supporting France and French population and for fight against terrorism of course... Everybody getting together against terrostism is a great image to see ! This. Politics should be apart from this at least today... http://gagadaily.com/forums/topic/227246-ceremony-gagas-videography-megarate/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco 3,040 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Most of them were protesting against extremism and terrorism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 867 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yaaaas at you recognizing Palestine as a country Palestinian Authority (138) kidding aside, if it was up to me - Jerusalem was divided into 2 tomorrow's morning. I have no problem giving up on lands for true peace (just like most of the Israelis and Israel's attitude towards peace aggrements) and I think the Palestinians do deserve to control themselves. The problem is they couldn't. Just watch what Gaza became to be after Israel left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 kidding aside, if it was up to me - Jerusalem was divided into 2 tomorrow's morning. I have no problem giving up on lands for true peace (just like most of the Israelis and Israel's attitude towards peace aggrements) and I think the Palestinians do deserve to control themselves. The problem is they couldn't. Just watch what Gaza became to be after Israel left. Nine of those countries are we going to have an off-topic discussion here? Great to see you actually think the same way I do about this, Palestine deserves independence but they can't atm although it might be one of the underlying problems causing jihadism (the feeling that the west is trying to take over the Middle East some have). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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