Speakers
Shima Babaei
Activist imprisoned for removing hijab, daughter of forcibly disappeared dissident Ebrahim Babaei
Songmi Han
North Korean escapee and survivor of extreme poverty, oppression, and abandonment.
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
Hasler Iglesias
Venezuelan youth leader, went into hiding to escape arrest by the Maduro regime
Dolkun Isa
President of the World Uyghur Congress, former pro-democracy student leader targeted in China
Soomaya Javadi
Young Hazara activist who fled Afghanistan following the overthrow of Kabul
Yang Jianli
Chinese dissident, former political prisoner, Tiananmen Square massacre survivor and President of Initiatives for China
Abraham Jiménez Enoa
Prominent Cuban journalist forced into exile, grandson of the bodyguard to Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
Andrey Kurkov
Ukraine’s most famous novelist, author of “Diary of an Invasion” on Russia’s war
Dr. Gyal Lo
Tibetan activist, educational sociologist, and a leading expert on China’s assimilation and education policies in Tibet
Fadzayi Mahere
Constitutional lawyer, opposition spokesperson arrested repeatedly in Zimbabwe
Félix Maradiaga
Nicaraguan opposition leader and former political prisoner, targeted by the government on false criminal charges
Anastasia Shevchenko
First dissident convicted under Russia’s “undesirable organization” law, subject of Oscar-shortlisted film “Anastasia”
Kalbinur Sidik
Activist, victim of forced sterilization, witness of Chinese reeducation camp atrocities