World Leaders Who Jailed, Exiled, or Killed Their Political Opponents

Self | May 31, 2024 | Self

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

World Leaders Who Jailed, Exiled, or Killed Their Political Opponents

1. Vladimir Putin, Russia

Opponents:

Mikhail Khodorkovsky--jailed

Alexander Litvinenko--poisoned

Garry Kasparov--self exiled

Sergei Udaltsov--jailed

Boris Nemtsov--assassinated

2. Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine

Opponent: Yulia Tyoshenko--jailed

3. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Opponent: Morgan Tsvangirai--tortured and jailed

4. Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela

Opponent: Leopoldo Lopez, jailed

5. Hosni Mubarak, Egypt

Opponent: Ayman Nour--jailed

6. Denis Sassou Nguesso, Congo

Opponent: Paulin Makaya--jailed

7. Hun Sen, Cambodia

Opponent: Kem Sokha--jailed

8. Kim Jong-un, North Korea

Opponents: Jang Song-thaek and others--executed

9. Hugo Chavez, Venezuala

Opponents; More than 100 political adversaries--jailed

10. Yoweri Museveni, Uganda

Opponent: Kizza Besigye--jailed

11. Ali Khamenei, Iran

Opponents:

Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife--house arrest Mehdi Karroubi and his wife--house arrest

12. Military junta of Myanmar

Opponent: Aung San Suu Kyi--house arrest

13. Edgar Lungu, Zambia

Opponent: Hakainde Hichilema

14. Manuel Noriega, Panama

Opponents: 100 political enemies--jailed

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I'm not a big fan of Donald Trump. In situations like this in the past, I have sometimes voted third party. However, there are definitely no suitable third party candidates this year. For many like me, it's more of "Who am I going to vote against?" If horrendous Democrat policies and views weren't enough, I think that the Banana Republic, third world country conviction of your political opponent is the icing on the cake. Joe Biden is now to be included with the list of dictators of the countries in this article.

[NWFree]

And now President Retard is no better than slime of history

[EBH]

but in order to correct this ...there will need to be a purge on every level.

And either President Trump does it at his level and We the People do it at our level via the ballot box across the nation.

Somehow...I just don’t see that happening.

[RetiredArmy]

How’d those 3d party votes work out for you? Any of them win?

[thinden]

add to list:

Eight-year election ban for Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66070923

[packagingguy]

DJT has shown he’s the only candidate with enough backbone to save what’s left of the Republic.

I was originally a Cruz supporter as were many, perhaps a majority, here.

People has legitimate concerns that Trump was a stalking horse for the Hildabeast.

That turned out not to be the case.

Maybe Trump buys us four years to get things in order. If we don’t things likely will become very bad.

[Gary from Dayton]

“ People has legitimate concerns that Trump was a stalking horse for the Hildabeast.”

Spot on.
I didn’t trust Trump prior to 2016 because of his relationship with the Clintons. I was even removed from this site because of my reluctance, and the intolerance of a few in here.

It’s either tyranny or Trump at this point.

[Gaffer]

New slogan/war cry.

Tyranny or Trump, your choice America!

[rigelkentaurus]

Here is an arguably more thorough list of the type of person who attacks political opposition.

Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union) - Great Purge.
Adolf Hitler (Nazi Germany) - Holocaust, Night of the Long Knives.
Mao Zedong (China) - Cultural Revolution.
Pol Pot (Cambodia) - Khmer Rouge genocide.
Herod the Great (Judea) - Known for killing his own sons and other perceived threats.

Henry VIII (England) - Executed many, including his wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
Queen Mary I (England) - Known as “Bloody Mary” for her persecution of Protestants.
Louis XIV (France) - Persecuted Huguenots (French Protestants).
Ivan the Terrible (Russia) - Oprichnina and mass executions.
Nero (Roman Empire) - Known for purging many political opponents and perceived threats.

Caligula (Roman Empire) - Infamous for his cruelty and executions of those he saw as threats.
Tiberius (Roman Empire) - Conducted purges against perceived enemies.
Genghis Khan (Mongol Empire) - Known for brutal campaigns and eliminating opposition.
Julius Caesar (Roman Republic) - Conducted purges after crossing the Rubicon.
Robespierre (France) - Key figure in the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

Elizabeth I (England) - Persecuted Catholics and political opponents.
Oliver Cromwell (England) - Suppressed Royalists and dissenters during and after the English Civil War.
Napoleon Bonaparte (France) - Exiled and executed opponents.
Catherine the Great (Russia) - Conducted purges and political repression.
Leopold II (Belgium) - Known for atrocities in the Congo Free State.
Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) - Known for violent suppression of political opponents.

Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union) - Red Terror.
Francisco Franco (Spain) - Spanish Civil War purges.
Kim Jong-il/Kim Jong-un (North Korea) - Imprisonment and execution of dissidents.
Fidel Castro (Cuba) - Repression of political opposition.
Augustus (Roman Empire) - Conducted purges against political enemies.

King John (England) - Known for his ruthless methods to maintain power.
Empress Wu Zetian (China) - First and only female emperor, known for eliminating rivals.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey) - Suppressed opposition to his reforms.
Chiang Kai-shek (China) - Purged communists and political opponents.
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) - Known for imprisoning and executing many perceived threats.

Pope Innocent III - Initiated the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars, leading to persecution and execution.
Pope Gregory IX - Established the Papal Inquisition to combat heresy, leading to imprisonment and execution of heretics.

[usual suspect]

Joe Biden

Americador

[Albion Wilde]

Even if Trump is convicted, he can still run and be elected President.

[Thunder90]

Joe Boden now is now with Putin and Xi in jailing their opposition.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[FlyingEagle]

Joe Brandon is the mirror image of Liberia’s President, Master Sargent Samuel K. Doe, who overthrew the elected government, shot them all on the beach, stole all the nation’s money and destroyed their economy. Doe was killed in a revolution.

[sauropod]

Yep.