Syria
Waad al-Kateab
Syrian refugee and award-winning documentary filmmaker on the conflict in Syria
Speakers
Political Prisoners
Irwin Cotler
International Chair of Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada
Turkey
Can Dündar
Leading Turkish journalist arrested and forced into exile for his brave reporting
Pakistan
Gulalai Ismail
Pakistani women’s rights activist, political prisoner and escapee after going into forced hiding
China
Yang Jianli
Chinese dissident, former political prisoner, Tiananmen Square massacre survivor and President of Initiatives for China
China
Nathan Law
Hong Kong student leader of the Umbrella Movement, former Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council who fled arrest
Zimbabwe
Evan Mawarire
Zimbabwean protest leader, arrested six times and tortured for his civil rights work
Iran
Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Australian-British academic freed after two years in Iranian prison as a victim of hostage diplomacy
North Korea
Jihyun Park
British-North Korean escapee and survivor of a North Korean forced labor camp
Belarus
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian opposition presidential candidate forced to flee after rigged elections
