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Kim Jong of North Korea for sure, this dude is about 3 decades behind the times
by ABC on Mon Jun 27, 05 12:06pm
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how can anyone say george w. bush is worse than kim jong il or mugabe? read the news folks, and if you really believe that, we're all up the creek.
Several contenders, but I'd have to go with Mugabe, from this list.
How can anyone not name Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan?
You're forgetting about the Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia. He's as barbaric any of those on that list.
Dead heat in a rat race, I'd say.
Wow, what great and educated and even tolerant perspective the assholes who inhabit this site about leadership.
God save us from these fools.
Ditto!
GWB over Kim Jong Mentally Ill? Get real. Seriously, don't you see what your irrational blind hatred of GWB is doing to your perspective?
Ceejjj, the only reason George W. beat Kim Jong in this poll is because Bush lies and then does something wrong/terrible. Kim Jong on the other hand won't lie to you, he'll just be honest and say that he'll ruin the lives of his citizens. That's the difference between Democracy & Dicatorship. In Democracy you have to lie before you do something bad but in Dictatorship you don't have to.
Well, I haven't voted for Bush. I voted for Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan.
fuck all leader
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oh cool!
Meles Zenawi wins by 1,854 votes.
Everyone else, even Dubya!, PALES in comparison!
Wow! this Zenawi guy is seriously un-popular, it would seem.
Methinks all of Ethiopia got in on THIS act, huh?
(Am I allowed to be cynical like this?)
Let me say that George W. Bush (Jr) and Dick Cheney are the greatest war criminals in history, and they found a way to get very rich in the process! Just image, since Bush got into power (by fraud) in 2000, by cheating in the Florida elections and getting a Supreme Court Judge to rule in his favour to stop the recount of the votes (which would have proven Al Gore the winner)...
Since the year 2000, Bush & Dick have driven up the US National debt from about 5 TRILLION when Clinton was in office, now to over 8.2 TRILLION and rising, due to more WAR SPENDING (debt borrowing) and a rising trade deficit of about $1 TRILLION! (imports far exceed US exports)
And the Bush tyranny is still in operation.... with over 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians, mostly non-combatants and having nothing to do with terrorism or insurgency. Over 2,400 US Soldiers! Tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands more about to die when the US attacks Iran this month or next month (several aircraft carriers are already in the Persion Gulf, ready for bombing attacks right NOW!)
Bush is a very cleverly disguised Hitler, very deceptive, insidious, even sometimes credible and believable with his persuasive words and stage presence...
George Jr & his younger brother Marvin Bush organized and executed those September 11, 2001, attacks on innocent US civilians. See ballot No. 93275 for more info!
Fact Sheet
Name: Meles Zenawi
Country: Ethiopia
Birthday: 08 May, 1955
Died: still living
Dates in Power: 28 May, 1991- current
How Leader Came into Power: Coup d'état
Classification: dictator
Nuclear Capability: no
Major Achievements: Dictator of Ethiopia once known as a great hope for democracy, now showing his true colours with human rights violations and suspected election rigging.
Ethiopia
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 8, 2006
After the May elections, serious human rights abuses occurred, when the opposition parties refused to accept the announced results, and in November after the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) called for civil disobedience, which resulted in widespread riots and excessive use of force by the police and military. Although there were some improvements, the government's human rights record remained poor and worsened in some areas. In the period leading up to the May national elections, campaigning was open and debates were televised. The Carter Center described this period as credible and commendable. However, in the period following the elections, authorities arbitrarily detained, beat, and killed opposition members, ethnic minorities, NGO workers, and members of the press. Authorities also imposed additional restrictions on civil liberties, including freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. The following human rights problems were reported:
• limitation on citizens' right to change their government
• unlawful killings, including alleged political killings, and beating, abuse, and mistreatment of detainees and opposition supporters by security forces
• poor prison conditions
• arbitrary arrest and detention of thousands of persons, particularly those suspected of sympathizing with or being members of the opposition
• detention of thousands without charge, and lengthy pretrial detention
• government infringement on citizens' privacy rights, and frequent refusal to follow the law regarding search warrants
• government restrictions on freedom of the press; arrest, detention, and harassment of journalists for publishing articles critical of the government; self‑censorship by journalists
• government restrictions on freedom of assembly including denial of permits, burdensome preconditions or refusal to provide assembly halls to opposition political groups, and at times use of excessive force to disperse demonstrations
• government limitations on freedom of association
• violence and societal discrimination against women, and abuse of children
• female genital mutilation (FGM)
• exploitation of children for economic and sexual purposes
• trafficking in persons
• societal discrimination against persons with disabilities, and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities
• government interference in union activities
PARADE 2006
Meet the Contenders: Dictators 11 to 20
#18). Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia
Age 50.
In power since 1991. Last year’s rank: unranked
Following a disputed election in May 2005, Zenawi’s forces shot to death several dozen unarmed demonstrators and detained more than 10,000 political opponents. Zenawi had agreed to a mediated solution to his border dispute with Eritrea. But when the United Nations boundary commission ruled against him, he refused to comply with its decision.
DICTATOR OF THE MONTH
(MELES ZENAWI: FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2006)
A long time friend of the Clinton Administration, he has also been recognized by the Bush Administration as an important war on Terror in the region, receiving massive US aid for both food and other financial assistance programmes.
Human Rights Abuses
Once thought of as the great hope for democracy in Africa and lauded by Tony Blair for his exemplary good governance, recent evidence suggests that a human rights crisis is now brewing in Ethiopia. After parliamentary elections in May 2005, which has come under scrutiny after Zenawi’s party won a majority with 296 of 547 Parliamentary seats, despite the fact that the Kinjit, which is a unified opposition to Zenawi has ranks of approximately 1.5 million members, and dominates some densely populated areas. This immediately raised questions of whether the election was rigged. Moreover parliamentary rules have been recently changed to only allow a party with more than 51% of parliamentary seats the right to raise issues for discussion.
Recently reports of detention camps in Ethiopia are coming to light, particularly the Dedesa camp, where there are reports of merciless beating and torture of political prisoners by Ethiopian security forces, and as many as 45,000 detainees are being held in the camp right now. Opposition leader Hailu Shawel alleges that between 40,000 and 50,000 youths have been detained by the Zenawi government, although other sources suggest that this number is closer to 10,000.
BAD DEMOCARCY AWARD (FEBRUARY 2006)
Meles Zenawi
Though the pusillanimity of the international community must take some of the blame for the brewing tension in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia's President Meles has hardly eased tempers by rejecting out of hand a UN-brokered border settlement with Eritrea. He has deployed troops on his own streets to quell dissent stemming from vote-fiddling in May 2005; 131 face charges, including members of the opposition Coalition for United Democracy hauled up for "treason". Human Rights Watch concluded in December that Meles' administration was "violently suppressing any form of protest and punishing suspected opposition supporters". To the horror of the diaspora, Ethiopia seems to be sliding back towards the privation by which it was ravaged late last century.
Eritrea vs Ethiopia: the shadow of war
Edward Denison
18 - 1 - 2006
The Horn of Africa is on the brink of another devastating war. If it occurs, the blame will be widely shared, says Edward Denison.
The “year of Africa” proclaimed by grateful western political leaders and music celebrities showered considerable policy and media attention on the continent but in too many cases allowed serious problems away from the spotlight to fester. Nowhere is this truer than the Horn of Africa, where there were many signs that the dangerous territorial dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia might bring these two shattered countries to a repeat of their 1998-2000 war.
Unless the dynamic of escalation can be halted in 2006, the likely result is a war that will devastate the lives of millions. If it occurs, the “international community” should do more than blame the usual suspects – namely megalomaniacal African leaders, in this case Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi and Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki. Rather, the primary responsibility will lie closer to home, chiefly with the self-interest of western governments, a catastrophic failure of international law, and the impotence of the United Nations.
The acrimonious relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia is both ancient and new. Resentful ethnic stereotypes run deep, but more recent political events have added a toxic element of embitterment. Whipped into this unstable mix is the fact that the Horn of Africa is a region at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa where the ambitions of the world’s greatest powers have collided with local populations, religions and political formations for centuries.
This is as true today as it has ever been. Eritrea and Ethiopia currently face each other across a border, which also serves as a temporary security zone manned by 3,337 military personnel of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (Unmee). The sanctity of this border is the cornerstone of lasting peace. Ambiguous demarcation was arguably the key cause of the previous war that raged from May 1998 to December 2000.
War between Eritrea and Ethiopia does not conform to the lethal African stereotype of conjoined machete and AK47. High-tech weaponry employed on an old-fashioned battlefield takes barbarity to a different level. In just eighteen months, up to 100, 000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. The ensuing misery permeates life’s every detail in the region.
Unless the dynamic of escalation can be halted in 2006, the likely result is a war that will devastate the lives of millions. If it occurs, the “international community” should do more than blame the usual suspects – namely megalomaniacal African leaders, in this case Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi and Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki. Rather, the primary responsibility will lie closer to home, chiefly with the self-interest of western governments, a catastrophic failure of international law, and the impotence of the United Nations.
WAR BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE LETHAL AFRICAN STEREOTYPE OF CONJOINED MACHETE AND AK47. HIGH-TECH WEAPONRY EMPLOYED ON AN OLD-FASHIONED BATTLEFIELD TAKES BARBARITY TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
IN JUST EIGHTEEN MONTHS, UP TO 100,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DISPLACED. THE ENSUING MISERY PERMEATES LIFE'S EVERY DETAIL IN THE REGION!!
Meles Zenawi is no. 1, dictator in the world!!
How about Eriterian Dictator????
Great Eviel !!!!!!
meles suppose to be oneof the best issaya(eritrea)suppose to be the worst?i don't reallyknow how you flip flop it.
Voted : George W Bush (USA)
need i say more??
Please include Gloria M. Arroyo of the Philippines
george bush 2nd.. good shoulda been first
wow i love ethiopia n its gettin treated poorly
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