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China

Rushan Abbas

Founder of Campaign for Uyghurs, sister of political prisoner Dr. Gulshan Abbas

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Ukraine

Olga Aivazovska

Forcibly displaced civil society leader & advocate for war crimes tribunal against Putin

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Saudi Arabia

Areej al-Sadhan

Activist, sister of Saudi political prisoner Abdulrahman al-Sadhan

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China

Zumretay Arkin

Chair of the Women’s Committee at the World Uyghur Congress

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North Korea

Timothy Cho

North Korean human rights activist & defector, imprisoned 4 times in North Korea & China

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Iran

Mariam Claren

Daughter of jailed womens’ rights activist & political prisoner Nahid Taghavi

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Afghanistan

Zarifa Ghafari

Youngest elected mayor in Afghanistan, survivor of three assassination attempts, forced into exile

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Belarus

Tatsiana Khomich

Fighting to free her sister, Belarus opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava, and other political prisoners

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Cuba

Hamlet Lavastida

Cuban artist, former political prisoner, founder of artist-led San Isidro Movement

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China

Sophie Luo

Activist, wife of Chinese political prisoner Ding Jiaxi

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Hong Kong

Joey Siu

Policy Advisor at Hong Kong Watch, Advisor to Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

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Tibet

Tenzin Tsundue

Tibetan refugee & writer arrested 16 times for his activism, completed 127-day Himalayan walk for Tibet

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Nicaragua

Berta Valle

Nicaraguan journalist, wife of opposition leader and former political prisoner Félix Maradiaga

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Russia

Leonid Volkov

Chief of Staff to Russian opposition leader & political prisoner Alexei Navalny