The Top Ten: World's Worst Dictators

October 8 - 15

World's Worst Dictators, 2007

	Name	Country	In Power Since
1.	Omar al-Bashir	Sudan	1989
2.	Kim Jong Il	North Korea	1994
3.	Seyed Ali Khamane’i	Iran	1989
4.	Hu Jintao	China	2002
5.	King Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	1995
6.	Than Shwe	Myanmar	1992
7.	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	1980
8.	Islam Karimov	Uzbekistan	1990
9.	Muammar al-Qaddafi	Libya	1969
10.	Bashar al-Assad	Syria	2000

Prepared by David Wallechinsky for Parade after consultation with Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Amnesty International, and Reporters without Borders.

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