Speakers

Syrian politician, journalist and President of the Movement for a Pluralistic Society

Fighting to free her sister, Belarus opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava, and other political prisoners

Ukraine’s most famous novelist, author of “Diary of an Invasion” on Russia’s war

Burmese activist and former political prisoner, founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners

Cuban artist, former political prisoner, founder of artist-led San Isidro Movement

Hong Kong student leader of the Umbrella Movement, former Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council who fled arrest

Venezuelan opposition leader, political prisoner who escaped in November 2017

Canadian MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Former Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee

Tibetan activist and niece of religious leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Tibetan activist, educational sociologist, and a leading expert on China’s assimilation and education policies in Tibet