Hu Jintao, rank 6 of the  World’s Ten  Worst  Dictators in 2008 (The Orange County Register’s PARADE, 3/22/2009)

Hu Jintao, Age 66. In power since 2002 (Last year’s rank:5)

Hu Jintao and the Chinese Communist Party won the right to host the 2008 Olympics by promising to improve human rights. Instead, Hu tightened restrictions on freedom of speech and religion. Repression of Tibetans and other minorities has increased dramatically. Political and religious dissidents can be held in “Re-education Through Labor” camps for up to four years without trial!