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Panel: Combating Transnational Repression

Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, moderated a discussion with Masih Alinejad and Leopoldo López at the 18th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on February 18th, 2026. Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist, women’s rights activist, and repeated target of attempted assassinations. Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan dissident, former political prisoner, and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress.

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Victor Navarro

Exiled Venezuelan human rights activist and former political prisoner

Ali Ehsassi

Member of Canadian Parliament, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee

Veronica Tsepkalo

Exiled Belarusian opposition figure and chair of the Belarus Women’s Foundation

Toribia Lero Quispe

Bolivian indigenous leader from the Sura Nation, member of the Bolivian Legislative Assembly

Job Sikhala

Zimbabwean opposition leader held for 595 days in pre-trial detention

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