The theatrical politicisation of the Charlie Hebdo protests brought together world leaders who flaunt themselves as defenders of “free speech” and journalism. The euphoria created by the global media is unprecedented. World leaders which included murderers, supporters of dictators and hypocrites were paraded legitimising a value which they themselves have dishonoured on a number of occasions. Below is a list of some of those word leaders in attendance and their countries hypocritical stance when it comes towards journalism. One cannot help but believe their presence was a manifestation of arrogance in the true sense of the meaning and an attempt to generate political expediency. Muslims and Non-Muslims must see through the superficiality of the secular leaders and expose their hypocrisies.

1. US

The Attorney General of the US, where police in Ferguson have recently detained and assaulted WashPost reporters

2. UK

PM Cameron of the UK, where authorities destroyed documents obtained by The Guardian and threatened prosecution

3. Jordan

King Abdullah of Jordan, which last year sentenced a Palestinian journalist to 15 years in prison with hard labour 

4. Turkey

Prime Minister of Davutoglu of Turkey, which imprisons more journalists than any other country in the world

5. Illegal Zionist Entity

Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, whose forced killed 7 journalists in Gaza last year (second highest after Syria)

6. Egypt

Foreign Minister Shoukry of Egypt, which as well as AJ staff has detained journalist Shawkan for around 500 days

7. Russia

Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, which last year jailed a journalist for “insulting a government servant”

8. Algeria

Foreign Minister Lamamra of Algeria, which has detained journalist Abdessami Abdelhai for 15 months without charge

9. UAE

The Foreign Minister of the UAE, which in 2013 held a journo incommunicado for a month on suspicion of MB links

10. Tunisia

Prime Minister Jomaa of Tunisia, which recently jailed blogger Yassine Ayan for 3 years for “defaming the army”

11. Georgia and Bulgaria

The PMs of Georgia and Bulgaria, both of whom have a record of attacking & beating journos

12. Greece

Prime Minister Samaras of Greece, where riot police beat & injured two journalists at a protest in June last year

13. NATO

Sec-Gen of NATO, who are yet to be held to account for deliberately bombing and killing 16 Serbian journos in ’99

14. Mali

President Keita of Mali, where journalists are expelled for covering human rights abuses

15. Bahrain

The Foreign Minister of Bahrain, 2nd biggest jailer of journos in the world per capita (they also torture them)

16. Qatar

Sheikh Mohamed Ben Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar, which jailed a man for 15 ys for writing the Jasmine poem

17. Palestine

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who had several journalists jailed for insulting him in 2013

18. Ireland

Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland, where “blasphemy” is considered a criminal offense

19. Poland

Prime Minister Kopacz of Poland, which raided a magazine to seize recordings embarrassing for the ruling party

20. Saudi Arabia

A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.