Iran

Naghmeh Abedini

Iranian Activist

Mauritania

Biram Dah Abeid

Leader of the fight against slavery in Mauritania

Saudi Arabia

Ali Al Ahmed

Saudi scholar, writer, public speaker and expert on Saudi political affairs

Iran

Potkin Azarmehr

Iranian blogger

Human Rights

Taha Bawa

Co-founder of Goodwall, the humanitarian and environmental social network

Moderator

Madeleine Brot

Radio Télévision Suisse

Russia

William Browder

Hedge fund manager who lead successful campaign to adopt Magnitsky Act, a U.S. law sanctioning Russian oligarchs

North Korea

Ahn Myeong Chul

North Korean Defector

Libya

Annick Cojean

Award-winning journalist, author, and director

Political Prisoners

Irwin Cotler

International Chair of Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada

Moderator

Alana Goodman

Senior investigative reporter at the Washington Free Beacon

China

Chen Guangcheng

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

Vietnam

Dang Xuong Hung

Vietnamese Defector

Syria

Moayad Iskafe

Syrian Activist

Human Rights

James Kirchick

Journalist, author, and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution

Expert

Jacob Mchangama

Danish lawyer and human rights advocate

Moderator

Guy Mettan

Journalist and Executive Director of the Club Suisse de la Presse 

Human Rights

Hillel Neuer

Executive Director, UN Watch

Pakistan

Rakhshinda Perveen

Pakistani Women’s Rights Activist

Cuba

Damaris Moya Portieles

Cuban Activist

Moderator

Philippe Robinet

Director General, Calmann-Lévy books

Moderator

Daniel Schwammenthal

Director of the AJC Transantlantic Institute

Tenzin Dhardon Sharling

Tibetan activist

Cambodia

Mu Sochua

Opposition member of the Cambodian Parliament

Egypt

Dalia Ziada

Egyptian activist fighting for human rights and civil freedoms in the Arab World