Speaker Bios – The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

Russia

Exiled Russian journalist who protested the Ukraine war on state TV

Syria

Kurdish minority rights activist, former ISIS hostage

Sudan

Darfur genocide survivor, legal counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

China

Daughter of Ezra Jin Mingri, a prominent Chinese pastor detained by the CCP

Afghanistan

Afghan-Iranian taekwondo champion and advocate for women’s rights in Afghanistan

Vietnam

Vietnamese pro-democracy and anti-corruption advocate, former political prisoner

Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition campaign advisor held hostage for over 400 days inside the Argentine embassy in Caracas

Iran

Leading campaigner for women’s rights in Iran, target of assassination plot by the regime

Belarus

President-elect of Belarus