The Struggle for Reform - The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

A panel including Viet Tan activist, pro-democracy organizer, and the son of an exiled Vietnamese intellectual, Michel Tran Duc; senior UN correspondent at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga; Zimbabwean human rights activist and Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, Jestina Mukoko; and one of the leading activists in Europe for democracy in Myanmar, Zoya Phan, address the 4th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks.

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Speakers and Participants

Michel Tran Duc

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Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga

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Jestina Mukoko

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Zoya Phan

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