Article about the world's worst Dictators

[Immortal4life]

Property seizure and forced re-location of people in China is widespread-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tvNDYlUk84

Chinese Communist Party is the worst of the worst

The World's 10 Worst Dictators article. This article came out in Parade magazine several years ago, so it's a little dated, but still relevant. This was also before the evidence of organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in china by the CCP had been exposed-

 

The World's 10 Worst Dictators

The past year was a good one for dictators—unfortunately. None of the most serious offenders lost his job. Competition for the Top 10 Worst of the Worst was so heated that two dictators who made last year’s list were nudged off—Fidel Castro of Cuba and King Mswati III of Swaziland—even though their actions were as harsh as the year before.

The following list has been prepared after consultation with Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders—human-rights groups that have not hesitated to expose the policies of dictatorships on both the left and the right.

1. Omar al-Bashir, Sudan. Age 61. In power since 1989. Last year’s rank: 7

A colossal humanitarian tragedy in western Sudan’s Darfur region has uprooted 2 million people and killed 70,000, mostly through the activities of government-supported militias. This is nothing new in Sudan, where Omar al-Bashir, its dictator, has engaged in ethnic and religious persecution since seizing power in a military coup. Sudan has 6 million internally displaced persons—more than any other nation. In southern Sudan, where Christianity and traditional religions are practiced, Bashir tried to impose Islamic law in a campaign that included aerial bombing of villages and enslavement of women and children. His forces met with armed resistance, escalating to what some called a civil war between Muslims and Christians. (In Darfur, meanwhile, he has been killing Muslims.) Last month, Bashir signed a cease-fire with rebels in the south. It allows government troops to remain in southern Sudan and prohibits southerners from voting for independence for six years.

2. Kim Jong Il, North Korea. Age 62. In power since 1994. Last year’s rank: 1

Kim Jong Il slipped from first place, but not for want of trying. North Korea still ranks last in Reporters Without Borders’ international index of press freedom, and it earned Freedom House’s worst score for political rights and civil liberties for the 33rd straight year (a world record). The Ministry of People’s Security places spies in workplaces and neighborhoods to inform on anyone who criticizes the regime, even at home. All radios and TV sets are fixed to receive only government stations. Disloyalty to Kim Jong Il and his late father, Kim Il Sung, is a punishable crime: Offenses include allowing pictures of either leader to gather dust or be torn or folded. The population is divided into “loyalty groups.” One-third belong to the “hostile class.” These people receive the worst jobs and housing and may not live in the capital, Pyongyang. Below the hostiles are the estimated 250,000 held in prison camps, some for crimes allegedly committed by relatives. Executions often are performed in public.

3. Than Shwe, Burma. Age 72. In power since 1992. Last year’s rank: 2

In response to world opinion, Gen. Than Shwe freed 9000 prisoners, but hopes for a new liberalism faded when only 40 were political detainees (among more than 1000 still being held). The rest were common criminals. Than Shwe extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won 80% of the vote in the last open election (1990). The arrest of opposition members resumed. Freedom of expression is not allowed; unlicensed possession of a fax machine or modem is punishable by 15 years in prison. To relocate ethnic minorities, the army destroyed 3000 villages and drove 1.2 million Burmese from their homes. In a landmark case, Unocal Corp. of California agreed to pay damages to Burmese villagers who said the military used torture, rape or murder to force them to work on the company’s pipeline.

4. Hu Jintao, China. Age 62. In power since 2002. Last year’s rank: 3

Despite China’s economic liberalization, President Hu Jintao’s government remains one of the most repressive. Some 250,000 Chinese are serving sentences in “re-education and labor camps.” China executes more people than all other nations combined, often for nonviolent crimes. The death penalty can be given for burglary, embezzlement, counterfeiting, bribery or killing a panda. Hu’s government controls all media and Internet use. Defense lawyers who argue too vigorously for clients’ rights may be disbarred or imprisoned. And if minorities (such as Tibetans) speak out for autonomy, they’re labeled “terrorists,” imprisoned and tortured.

5. Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia. Age 81. In power since 1995. Last year’s rank: 5

Bending under strong international pressure, Crown Prince Abdullah and his family, who have absolute power, are holding Saudi Arabia’s first elections in 40 years—municipal elections, that is. Women may not vote or run for office, owing to “technical difficulties”: Most Saudi women don’t have the photo IDs needed to register; there aren’t enough female officials to register those who do; and men may not register women, because the sexes are forbidden to mingle in public. Worldwide, the royal family promotes an extreme form of Islam called Wahhabism, which considers all followers of other religions—even other Muslims—“infidels.” In 2004, the U.S. State Department added Saudi Arabia to its list of nations in which religious liberty is severely violated.

6. Muammar al-Qaddafi, Libya. Age 62. In power since 1969.Last year’s rank: Dishonorable mention

Increasingly annoyed by other Arab leaders, Qaddafi—once considered a supporter of terrorism —has gone to great lengths to re-establish links with the West. He turned over a perpetrator of the 1988 terrorist bombing of an American commercial flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, and made substantial payments to families of the victims of both the Lockerbie bombing and that of a French plane. He gave up his nuclear weapons program and is opening his nation’s economy to foreign investment. Yet at home he continues to run a brutal dictatorship, maintaining total control over all aspects of Libyan life. Freedom of speech, assembly and religion are harshly restricted. Entire families, tribes and even towns can be punished for “collective guilt.” Political opposition and damaging public or private property are considered “crimes against the state.”

7. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan. Age 61. In power since 1999. Last year’s rank: Not mentioned

Two years after seizing power in a military coup that overthrew an elected government, Gen. Pervez Musharraf appointed himself president of Pakistan. He recently agreed to step down as head of the military, then reversed his decision, claiming that he was best suited to unite Pakistan’s contentious political and military elements. “The country is more important than democracy,” he said. Pakistan has endangered the world by spreading nuclear technology. Last year, it was discovered that Abdul Qadeer Khan, head of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, had been selling nuclear technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran. As for civil liberties in Pakistan, a woman who has been raped may present her case only if she can produce four Muslim men who witnessed the attack.

8. Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan. Age 64. In power since 1990. Last year’s rank: 8

Niyazov has developed an overbearing personality cult that crushes dissent and invades all aspects of life in Turkmenistan, no matter how trivial. He controls his one-party state with torture, disappearances, detentions, house demolitions, forced labor and exile. He muzzles all media, and it is illegal to criticize any of his policies. Statues of Niyazov appear everywhere, and his picture is on all denominations of money. His “moral guide,” Rukhnama (Book of the Soul), is required reading for students, married couples and even applicants for a driver’s license. Female newscasters may not wear makeup, nor may young men wear beards, long hair or gold teeth.

9. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe. Age 80. In power since 1980. Last year’s rank: 4

After leading an anti-colonial war of liberation, Mugabe was elected Zimbabwe’s first prime minister, raising hopes for a new era of democracy. But he has turned increasingly dictatorial and run his country into the ground. Average life expectancy in Zimbabwe is 33 years—among the lowest in the world. One of Mugabe’s many repressive laws deems it a crime “to make an abusive, indecent or obscene statement” about him. He continues to hold elections, but opposition is discouraged. Looking toward a vote in March, the parliament passed a law banning from Zimbabwe any human-rights or civil-liberties group that receives money from abroad. In other words, independent election monitors will not be allowed.

10. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea. Age 62. In power since 1979. Last year’s rank: 6

Since major oil reserves were discovered there in 1995, U.S. oil companies have poured $5 billion into this tiny West African nation. Most of the oil income goes to President Obiang and his family, while the majority of the people live on less than $1 a day. Some American oil companies are being investigated for improprieties involving Obiang. The U.S. State Department has accused Obiang’s government of committing torture. In November, 20 people—including 11 foreign nationals —were sentenced to prison for an alleged coup attempt. The only evidence against them, says Amnesty International, were confessions extracted through torture.

Contributing Editor David Wallechinsky has reported on international figures for PARADE, including an interview with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. His next book will be “Tyrants: The World’s 20 Worst Living Dictators.”

Edited April 7, 2013 by Immortal4life

[Apech]

Nice to know who's in the top ten .... I'm sure there's plenty more wannabes out there.

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

a choice and you would stick to the suffering? That strikes me as stupid, cuz if i had a CHOICE, i'd remove the two evils from our plane of existence and let them fester in some bottom-pit of low-frequency discord.

[voidisyinyang]

U.S. has the highest prison rate and it's from pot smokers.

 

But prison is just a continuation of slavery that was the main U.S. economy.

 

A couple world wars in between after the Civil war and a genocidal empire spreading.

 

So a new talk on Japan argues it was the U.S. that made Japan so evil - "forcing" it to expand using genocidal warfare.

 

Westernization of the world is the real problem.

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

no, we the people are the fucking problem.



WHY ARE WE NOT UNITING AND ENDING THIS PROBLEM?




Your excuse is invalid.

My excuse is invalid.
Their excuses are invalid.
OUR EXCUSES ARE INVALID.


We dont need a world nation, we need millions of tribal nations.
We dont need economics, we need families and clans.
We dont need 99% of the crap we do in the name of "civilized progress"
We dont need to sit here and bitch any more; we need to fight.

[Protector]

Damn, still no Belarus

[ChiForce]

Sigh, the Führer didn't make the list...totally disappointed. Ironically, China is also the second world power. How odd for being the top 4 worst dictator. Which countries raged most wars in the name of democracy for the last 100 years? Hmm...I wonder too....

[Immortal4life]

U.S. has the highest prison rate and it's from pot smokers.

 

But prison is just a continuation of slavery that was the main U.S. economy.

 

A couple world wars in between after the Civil war and a genocidal empire spreading.

 

So a new talk on Japan argues it was the U.S. that made Japan so evil - "forcing" it to expand using genocidal warfare.

 

Westernization of the world is the real problem.

 

All issues worth considering, not sure that it is the "real" or "only" problem though

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

the disease is not yet seen, but the myriad symptoms are everywhere...

[Basher]

What about the current president of Syria ? Where does he rank ?

 

Surely these guys can all be assasinated by hitmen maskerading as News Reporters ?

 

Just a small point, but isn't this a list of the Best Dictators ?

 

The worst Dictators would be people like Simon Cowell.

[Apech]

What about the current president of Syria ? Where does he rank ?

 

Surely these guys can all be assasinated by hitmen maskerading as News Reporters ?

 

Just a small point, but isn't this a list of the Best Dictators ?

 

The worst Dictators would be people like Simon Cowell.

 

 

Perhaps in the wacky world of dictators being best is being the worst .... personally if I was a dictator and I read this thread only to find my name did not appear on that list I would get mad and order up some genocide just to up my status. In fact ... what do you think spurred the North Koreans into this latest fuss ... he doesn't want to be number 2 ... he wants to be number 1!!!!!!!!

[三江源]

 

The worst Dictators would be people like Simon Cowell.

At least he doesnt tell us all to how to wear trousers. Be thankful.

[Vmarco]

U.S. has the highest prison rate and it's from pot smokers.

 

But prison is just a continuation of slavery that was the main U.S. economy.

 

Westernization of the world is the real problem.

 

Most people don't realize that if the USA released 90% of its prisoners, it would still be the number 1 prison Nation.

 

I agree,...

More than half of all U.S. prisoners have been incarcerated for nonviolent offenses. Most are first-time offenders, usually people who possessed small quantities of marijuana or conscious altering psychotropic substances. Many get "punked out" and sold into slavery as sex partners for the duration of their often lengthy imprisonments. What kind of hateful society does such a thing to people for minor, victimless crimes?

 

　

"As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free." Eugene V. Debs

 

"My government is the world's leading purveyor of violence." Martin Luther King

[Vmarco]

Thanks for Parade Magazines Top 10 List of Dictators. IMO, a list of Evil People would be more relevant,...like this historical one:

 

Top 50 Evil List

 

1. Emperor Theodosius - Theodosian Laws (Christian)

2. Gregory the Great - father of the Dark Age (Christian)

3. Justinian - mass murderer (Christian)

4. Tomas de Torquemada - inquisitor (christian)

5. Herod the Great -sociopath (Jew)

6. Josef Stalin - Orthodox Christian turned Communist

7. Ivan Vasilyevich - sociopath (born Christian)

8. Theophilus of Alexandria - patron saint of arson (Christian)

9 .Vladislav Tepes - sociopath (born Christian)

10.Bernard Gui - mass murderer (Christian)

11.Cyril of Alexandria (Christian)

12.Pope Inoccent III (Christian)

13.Reinhard Heydrich (Christian)

14.Mao Tse-tung (Marxist)

15.Pol Pott ( ? )

16.Irenaeus (Christian)

17.Attaturk (Christian)

18.Adolph Hitler (Christian)

19.Tito (Christian)

20.Nero (Roman)

21.Ariel Sharon (Jew)

22.Pope Pius VI (Christian)

23.Hernando Cortez (Christian)

24.Moses (Jew)

25.Hirohito (Shinto)

26.Polycarp (Christian)

27.Deng Xiao Peng ( ? )

28.Ayatolla Khomeini (Muslem)

29.Idi Amin (Christian)

30.Oliver Cromwell (Christian)

31.Gilles de Rais (Christian)

32.Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Christian)

33.Arnold Aimery (Christian)

34.Jerry Falwell (Christian)

35.Elizabeth Bathory (Christian)

36.Pat Robertson (Christian)

37.Adolph Eichmann (Christian)

38.King Leopold II (Christian)

39.Mother Teresa (Christian)

40.Heinrich Himmler (Christian)

41.Diocletian (Roman)

42.Tertullian (Christian)

43.Simon deMonfort (Christian)

44.Caligula (Roman)

45.Agusto Pinochet (Christian)

46.Temjin, Genghis Khan (Pagan)

47.George W Bush (Christian)

48.Benito Mussolini (Christian)

49.Papa "Doc" Duvalier (Christian)

50.Nicolae Ceausescu (Christian)

 

I wonder what a current Evil List would look like,...I'd guess they would all be Conservatives,...and nearly all Christian, Muslims or Jews.

[blindeye]

Overview of Domestic Human Trafficking

 

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery, one which plagues every country. As a senior member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), I am well aware of the scope of this tragedy. Many are surprised to find slavery in the United States because it is commonly believed that human trafficking happens only in developing countries. However, the United States is one of the worlds chief destinations for human trafficking.

 

Every year as many as 17,500 people are trafficked to the United States from over 50 countries worldwide, of which 80 percent are female and 50 percent are children. The United States has identified Thailand, Mexico, Philippines, Haiti, India, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic as the main countries of origin for domestic human trafficking. Over 300,000 children are trafficked annually into urban centers such as Washington D.C., New York, and Los Angeles. Centers of tourism, including Las Vegas and Florida, are also major destinations for human trafficking victims.

http://www.alceehastings.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=665:human-trafficking-in-the-united-states. Funny , we're able to to track with accuracy to the hundreds of thousands but do not know where they go?

Edited April 10, 2013 by blindeye

[blindeye]

..stem cells are a hot item ..I mean billionairs want to live forever too.

Funny, some stem cells are like the center of tao. Maybe the power elite

simply found a short cut:-) I wonder if any of the top ten of much older times

would give up their seat to the president that orders smart bomb attacks?

Seems like they would think it was totally cool!

[suninmyeyes]

 

 

19.Tito (Christian)

 

 

Lived under his regime - the brainwashing was unbelivable torough . He was not practising Christian but a communist .

Edited April 10, 2013 by suninmyeyes

[Apech]

Thanks for Parade Magazines Top 10 List of Dictators. IMO, a list of Evil People would be more relevant,...like this historical one:

 

Top 50 Evil List

 

1. Emperor Theodosius - Theodosian Laws (Christian)

2. Gregory the Great - father of the Dark Age (Christian)

3. Justinian - mass murderer (Christian)

4. Tomas de Torquemada - inquisitor (christian)

5. Herod the Great -sociopath (Jew)

6. Josef Stalin - Orthodox Christian turned Communist

7. Ivan Vasilyevich - sociopath (born Christian)

8. Theophilus of Alexandria - patron saint of arson (Christian)

9 .Vladislav Tepes - sociopath (born Christian)

10.Bernard Gui - mass murderer (Christian)

11.Cyril of Alexandria (Christian)

12.Pope Inoccent III (Christian)

13.Reinhard Heydrich (Christian)

14.Mao Tse-tung (Marxist)

15.Pol Pott ( ? )

16.Irenaeus (Christian)

17.Attaturk (Christian)

18.Adolph Hitler (Christian)

19.Tito (Christian)

20.Nero (Roman)

21.Ariel Sharon (Jew)

22.Pope Pius VI (Christian)

23.Hernando Cortez (Christian)

24.Moses (Jew)

25.Hirohito (Shinto)

26.Polycarp (Christian)

27.Deng Xiao Peng ( ? )

28.Ayatolla Khomeini (Muslem)

29.Idi Amin (Christian)

30.Oliver Cromwell (Christian)

31.Gilles de Rais (Christian)

32.Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Christian)

33.Arnold Aimery (Christian)

34.Jerry Falwell (Christian)

35.Elizabeth Bathory (Christian)

36.Pat Robertson (Christian)

37.Adolph Eichmann (Christian)

38.King Leopold II (Christian)

39.Mother Teresa (Christian)

40.Heinrich Himmler (Christian)

41.Diocletian (Roman)

42.Tertullian (Christian)

43.Simon deMonfort (Christian)

44.Caligula (Roman)

45.Agusto Pinochet (Christian)

46.Temjin, Genghis Khan (Pagan)

47.George W Bush (Christian)

48.Benito Mussolini (Christian)

49.Papa "Doc" Duvalier (Christian)

50.Nicolae Ceausescu (Christian)

 

I wonder what a current Evil List would look like,...I'd guess they would all be Conservatives,...and nearly all Christian, Muslims or Jews.

 

 

I'd like to know more about No. 26 Polycarp ... I'm thinking a rainbow coloured fish dictator ... but assume that is wrong.

[kbe]

"We have seen the enemy...and he is us."--Pogo