Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin named among 37 ‘press freedom predators’

Published July 6, 2021 6:06pm ET



Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among 2021’s most effective “press freedom predators,” a watchdog says.

Xi and Putin, along with other world leaders such as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are among the “37 heads of state or government who crack down massively on press freedom,” according to a report by Reporters Without Borders released on Friday.

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