Speakers
Sudan

Niemat Ahmadi

Sudanese women’s rights defender and survivor of the Darfur Genocide

Iran

Maryam Diyor

Mother of Abolfazl Amir-Ataei who was murdered at the age of 16 by the Islamic regime while participating in the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests
Afghanistan

Massouda Jalal

Former Afghan Minister of Women’s Affairs and the first woman to run for President of Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Husna Jalal

Exiled Afghan women’s rights activist and the daughter of Massouda Jalal
Russia

Garry Kasparov

Human rights activist, promoter of democracy, and former World Chess Champion
Hong Kong

Sebastien Lai

Democracy activist and son of imprisoned pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai
Uyghur persecution

Rahima Mahmut

Uyghur human rights activist, translator, and singer
Iran

Mahan Mehrabi

Sister of Iranian political prisoners Mahmoud and Maryam Mehrabi
Tibet

Namkyi

Exiled Tibetan activist and former political prisoner
Vietnam

Van Trang Nguyen

Vietnamese democracy activist and victim of transnational repression
China

Times Wang

Human rights lawyer and the son of Chinese political prisoner Wang Bingzhang
Uyghur

Abduweli Ayup

Uyghur activist who endured detention by Chinese authorities for advocating Uyghur rights
FGM

Fatou Baldeh

Gambian women’s rights activist and survivor fighting to end Female Genital Mutilation
Russia

Aleksandra Garmazhapova

Russian anti-war activist and investigative journalist, founder of the Free Buryatia Foundation
Tibet

Chemi Lhamo

Tibetan-Canadian human rights activist and community organizer
North Korea

Hyosim Maeng

North Korean defector, human rights activist, and advocate for disability rights

Venezuela

Victor Navarro

Exiled Venezuelan human rights activist and former political prisoner

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