Joo-Il Kim
North Korean defector
Session II: Defying Totalitarian Regimes with Joo-Il Kim, Guy Mettan, Kalden Tsomo, Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina, Ren Wanding
- Summit(s): 2012
- Speaker: Joo-Il Kim, Guy Mettan, Kalden Tsomo, Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina, Ren Wanding
Speakers and Participants
Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina
President of the Movement of Young Cubans for Democracy
Guy Mettan
Journalist and Executive Director of the Club Suisse de la Presse
Kalden Tsomo
Tibetan Activist
Ren Wanding
Chinese dissident and scholar imprisoned for pro-democracy activism
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