Speakers
Paula Schriefer
Advocacy Director, Freedom House
Esra’a Al Shafei
Dissident blogger from Bahrein
Iran
Shaparak Shajarizadeh
Iranian activist imprisoned for removing headscarf in defiance of hijab law
Tenzin Dhardon Sharling
Tibetan activist
Parvez Sharma
Award-winning filmmaker and LGBT activist
Russia
Anastasia Shevchenko
First dissident convicted under Russia’s “undesirable organization” law, subject of Oscar-shortlisted film “Anastasia”
Pakistan
Taha Siddiqui
Pakistani journalist and social media activist who narrowly escaped a abduction
Uyghur
Kalbinur Sidik
Activist, victim of forced sterilization, witness of Chinese reeducation camp atrocities
Hong Kong
Joey Siu
Policy Advisor at Hong Kong Watch, Advisor to Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
Dominique Sopo
President SOS Racisme
Moderator
Charles Super
Journalist and international affairs commentator, specializing in the Middle East