Joey Siu
Policy Advisor at Hong Kong Watch, Advisor to Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
Summits
program
Speakers
Tenzin Tsundue
Tibetan refugee & writer arrested 16 times for his activism, completed 127-day Himalayan walk for Tibet
Berta Valle
Nicaraguan journalist, wife of opposition leader and former political prisoner Félix Maradiaga
Leonid Volkov
Chief of Staff to Russian opposition leader & political prisoner Alexei Navalny
Bobi Wine
Ugandan opposition leader & 2021 presidential candidate
News
Press releases
Rights Groups Spotlight Abuses In Oil Rich Regimes As West Seeks New Energy Sources
GENEVA, March 9, 2022 — A coalition of 25 human rights NGOs announced today that dissidents from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela will deliver keynote remarks at the 14th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. The move comes as Western countries seek to replace Russian energy with resources from the repressive regimes. Areej al-Sadhan, sister to Saudi
March 9, 2022
6:04 pm
Press releases
Countries That Backed Russia At UNGA To Be Spotlighted At Rights Summit
GENEVA, March 7, 2022 — On Wednesday the United Nations voted to “deplore” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demand the withdrawal of Russian forces. Now the four states that voted with Russia and against the historic resolution—Eritrea, Belarus, Syria and North Korea—are coming under fire and will be featured at the upcoming Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on
March 7, 2022
9:23 am
Media Hits
2022 Courage Award: In the News
Media mentions of the Geneva Summit’s decision to award Enes Kanter Freedom its 2022 Courage Award: The National Endowment for Democracy article on the decision to award Freedom the Courage Award and other Summit speakers: “NGOs Announce Courage Award for activist NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom”. Newsweek article on the
March 3, 2022
4:33 pm
Press releases
25 Rights NGOs Respond to Ukraine Invasion By Hosting Russian Opposition Leader
GENEVA, February 24, 2022 —  A coalition of 25 non-governmental human rights groups announced today that Russian opposition leader and chief of staff to the imprisoned Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov will speak at the 14th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. Volkov will expose Russia’s human rights abuses at home and abroad at the
February 25, 2022
12:38 pm
Press releases
25 Human Rights NGOs Announce Enes Kanter Freedom as 2022 Courage Award Winner
GENEVA, February 22, 2022 —  A cross-regional coalition of 25 human rights organizations announced today that its prestigious human rights award will go this year to Enes Kanter Freedom, a NBA athlete and activist currently risking his career for speaking out against China’s persecution of ethnic Uyghurs. Freedom will receive the Geneva Summit’s
February 25, 2022
12:35 pm
