According to a website called planetrulers.com there are 57 dictatorships in the world. They define a dictator as the ruler of a land rated “not free” by American pro-democracy organisation Freedom House. You’ll recognise a fair few of the dictator names on the list: Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. Kim Jong-un, president of North Korea. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey. Then there’s Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran where a courageous revolt led by women and girls against the oppressive Islamic Republic shows no sign of fading. Their battle cry as thousands are arrested and hundreds killed by the...