Session IV: Beyond the Arab Spring with Ebrahim Mehtari, Maikel Nabil, Tom Gross

On: Egypt, Iran
Summit(s): 2012
Speaker: Ebrahim Mehtari, Maikel Nabil, Tom Gross

Speakers and Participants

Ebrahim Mehtari

Activist in Iran’s Green Movement, arrested and tortured by the regime

Maikel Nabil

Activist and leader of the 2011 Egyptian revolution

Women's Rights

Women’s Rights and the Hope for Egypt with Dalia Ziada

Dalia Ziada, one of Egypt’s leading human rights activists and Executive Director of the Center for Middle East and East Mediterranean Studies, addresses the 6th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see quotes below, followed by full prepared remarks. Quotes: To Be Confirmed Full Remarks To Be Confirmed

Political Prisoners

Iran’s Abusive Legal System with Taghi Rahmani

Taghi Rahmani, Iranian journalist and human rights activist, addresses the 9th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see quotes below, followed by full prepared remarks. On his imprisonment: “I was tortured physically many times but there are many prisoners that have suffered more than I have.” “I personally

Women’s Rights, Human Dignity and Equality with Marina Nemat

Human Rights

Achieving Non-Violent Change in Iran with Maziar Bahari

Journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari, who was jailed and tortured by Iran, addresses the 10th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see quotes below, followed by full prepared remarks. On the recent protests in Iran: “The most surprising aspect of these protests was not the fact that people