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Hadrien Ghomi

French MP central to France’s response to the Iran Protests

Chen Guangcheng

Chinese blind lawyer who works to promote human rights in rural areas in China.

Ensaf Haidar

Human rights activist and wife of Saudi political prisoner Raif Badawi

Hakima El Haité

President of Liberal International, Former Minister of Environment for Morocco

Songmi Han

North Korean escapee and survivor of extreme poverty, oppression, and abandonment.

Denise Ho

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and award-winning singer and actress (by video)

Joan Hoey

Editor, Democracy Index, Economist Intelligence Unit

Frances Hui

First Hong Kong activist to win political asylum in the US, director of We the Hong Kongers

Nila Ibrahimi

15-year-old Hazara activist who narrowly escaped the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

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GS Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Yavuz Aydin (GS’20)

Editor’s Note: On July 15, 2016, the day of the failed coup attempt in Turkey, there were 14,500 judges and prosecutors. One of them was Yavuz Aydin (GS’20) who, among 4,500 other jurists, was purged by the Erdogan regime, smeared as a terrorist, and ultimately exiled—all for the crime of

July 2, 2021 8:53 pm
Despite government efforts to silence her, Tania Bruguera remains committed to telling the world the truth about the Castro regime—even if it means risking her own freedom.
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GS Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tania Bruguera (GS’21)

Editor’s Note: Tania Bruguera (GS’21) is a top enemy of the Cuban government. As a political performance artist, Tania is committed to telling the world the truth about the situation on the island which has sparked the ire of the regime. She has been repeatedly arbitrarily detained, beaten, interrogated and

June 14, 2021 9:01 pm
Daria Navalnaya, daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, received the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, and testified about the fight for freedom and democracy in Russia. Her video has gone viral on Instagram, with more than 200,000 views within hours.
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13th Geneva Summit: In the News

Media Mentions of 2021 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy For videos, photos, transcripts, media mentions, quotes, and more, click here. Los Angeles Times article on the 2021 Geneva Summit and Moral Courage Award recipient and jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “Ahead of G-7 and U.N. talks, political dissidents and

June 9, 2021 9:55 pm
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Cuban dissident artist circumvents internet cut-off to submit testimony of abuses

GENEVA, June 8, 2021 — Despite government efforts to silence her, a Cuban dissident artist has managed to submit testimony about the regime’s gross and systematic abuses to an annual human rights assembly of activists and former political prisoners, in which she expresses concern over “the potential consequences that I will have to confront for

June 8, 2021 2:01 pm
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China, Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Pakistan Scrutinized at Virtual Geneva Rights Summit

GENEVA, June 7, 2021 — China, Syria, Turkey, Cuba, and Pakistan were among  governments that came under scrutiny today at an annual assembly of dissidents and former political prisoners who have been oppressed by some of the world’s worst abusers. The 13th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, organized by a cross-regional coalition of

June 7, 2021 8:04 pm
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