May 15, 2024 — list of speakers for the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
February 18, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
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Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of United Nations Watch, on behalf of the 25 NGO co-sponsors of the Geneva Summit
Songmi Han, North Korean escapee and survivor of extreme poverty, oppression, and abandonment
Andrey Kurkov, Renowned Ukrainian novelist, author of “Diary of an Invasion” on Russia’s war
Anastasia Shevchenko, First dissident convicted under Russia’s “undesirable organizations” law, profiled in Oscar-shortlisted film “Anastasia”
Nevsin Mengu, Turkish journalist dropped from CNN Türk after she criticized President Erdogan
Interviewer: Melissa Mahtani, journalist, former CNN producer
Interviewer: Melissa Mahtani, journalist, former CNN producer
Learn more about the incredible speakers and moderators who will highlight urgent rights issues from around the world.
Mother of Abolfazl Amir-Ataei who was murdered at the age of 16 by the Islamic regime while participating in the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests
Son of Raif Badawi, banned from leaving Saudi Arabia for promoting liberalism
Former Afghan Minister of Women’s Affairs and the first woman to run for President of Afghanistan
Democracy activist and son of imprisoned pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai
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