By: Joe Strupp The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the top of its annual list of the 10 Enemies of the Press.
The international press freedom organization described Milosevic as someone who imposed "draconian media law" during the recent military fighting in Yugoslavia. He also was blasted for "suppression of the press through intimidation, assault, and crippling fines."
The list was released last week as part of the New York-based group's recognition of World Press Freedom Day.
Also named in the top 10 were: China president Jiang Zemin, Cuban president Fidel Castro, Lauren Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi, Ukraine president Leonid Kuchma, Tunisia president Zine Abdine Ban Ali, Malaysia prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Peru president Alberto K. Fujimori, and Egypt president Hosni Mubarak.
"These 10 individuals have been disastrous for independent journalism," says Ann K. Cooper, CPJ's executive director.
"A free press informs, but their regimes have knowingly acted to suppress information through countless violations against journalists, including censorship, imprisonment, physical attacks, and even murder."
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