Turkey

Can Dündar

Leading Turkish journalist arrested and forced into exile for his brave reporting

Moderator

Javier El-Hage

Chief Legal & Policy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

Turkey

Asli Erdoğan

Turkish novelist, political prisoner who was released in December 2016

The Philippines

Chito Gascon

Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines

Afghanistan

Zarifa Ghafari

Youngest elected mayor in Afghanistan, survivor of three assassination attempts, forced into exile

Iran

Hadrien Ghomi

French MP central to France’s response to the Iran Protests

Moderator

Alana Goodman

Senior investigative reporter at the Washington Free Beacon

China

Chen Guangcheng

Chinese blind lawyer who works to promote human rights in rural areas in China.

Venezuela

Juan Carlos Gutiérrez

Human Rights Lawyer, President of the World Jurist Association’s Human Rights Institute

Saudi Arabia

Ensaf Haidar

Human rights activist and wife of Saudi political prisoner Raif Badawi

Human Rights

Hakima El Haité

President of Liberal International, Former Minister of Environment for Morocco