China

Rayhan Asat

Uyghur activist, sister of Ekpar Asat who was disappeared by China

Burma

Soe Aung

Soe Aung is a Burmese dissident activist who was involved in the 1988 people’s uprising in Burma and has remained active outside of his country now for 20 years campaigning for freedom.

Human Rights

Hans van Baalen

Leader of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy

Iran

Shima Babaei

Activist imprisoned for removing hijab, daughter of forcibly disappeared dissident Ebrahim Babaei

North Korea

Kenneth Bae

Survivor of North Korean gulag, longest-held American prisoner

Iran

Maziar Bahari

Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist

Malawi

Memory Banda

Leading Malawian rights activist fighting to end child marriage

Iran

Ahmad Batebi

Iranian human rights activist and founder of Human Rights Activists in Iran

Human Rights

Taha Bawa

Co-founder of Goodwall, the humanitarian and environmental social network

Turkey

Yavuz Baydar

Turkish journalist who won the 2014 European Press Prize for fighting censorship in Turkey

Turkey

Nurcan Baysal

Award-winning Kurdish journalist and activist, recently detained by Turkey

Pakistan

Peter Bhatti

Brother of Pakistani Minister who was assassinated for supporting Asia Bibi

Iran

Ladan Boroumand

Research Director at Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran

Presenter

Anne Brasseur

Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Russia

William Browder

Hedge fund manager who lead successful campaign to adopt Magnitsky Act, a U.S. law sanctioning Russian oligarchs