THE 15TH GENEVA SUMMIT: PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND TESTIMONY - The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

15th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

• Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Prominent Cuban journalist forced into exile, grandson of the bodyguard to Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

• Ali Ehsassi, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Canadian Parliament

• Alireza Akhondi, Swedish MP campaigning to designate IRGC as terrorist entity

• Anastasia Shevchenko, First dissident convicted under Russia’s “undesirable organizations” law, profiled in Oscar-shortlisted film “Anastasia”

• Andrey Kurkov, Renowned Ukrainian novelist, author of “Diary of an Invasion” on Russia’s war 

• Berta Valle, Nicaraguan journalist, wife of opposition leader and former political prisoner Félix Maradiaga

• Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, former pro-democracy student leader targeted in China

• Evgenia Kara-Murza, Human rights activist, wife of jailed Russian prisoner of conscience and opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza

• Fadzayi Mahere, Constitutional lawyer and opposition spokesperson arrested repeatedly in Zimbabwe

• Félix Maradiaga, Nicaraguan opposition leader, political prisoner released in February 2023 after 611 days in prison

• Frances Hui, First Hong Kong activist granted political asylum in the US, Director of We the Hong Kongers organization

• Dr. Gyal Lo, Academic expert on China’s mass use of boarding schools to eradicate Tibetan identity and culture

• Genoveva Tisheva, Vice Chair, U.N Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

• Hadrien Ghomi, French MP outspoken for victims of repression in Iran

• Hasler Iglesias, Venezuelan youth leader, went into hiding to escape arrest by Maduro regime

• Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of United Nations Watch, on behalf of the 25 NGO co-sponsors of the Geneva Summit

• Javier El-Hage, Chief Legal & Policy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

• Kalbinur Sidik, Uyghur activist, witness to Chinese reeducation camp atrocities, survivor of forced sterilization

• Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg, Mayor of Frankfurt, former political prisoner in Iran

• Nevşin Mengü, Turkish journalist dropped from CNN Türk after she criticized President Erdogan.

• Nila Ibrahimi, 15-year-old Hazara activist who narrowly escaped the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

• Marie-Claire Kakpotia, Survivor and activist fighting to end Female Genital Mutilation

• Melissa Mahtani, journalist, former CNN producer

• Peter Yang, Son of Guo Feixiong, imprisoned Chinese “barefoot lawyer” and civil rights activist

• Shima Babaei, Activist imprisoned for removing hijab, daughter of forcibly disappeared dissident Ebrahim Babaei

• Songmi Han, North Korean escapee and survivor of extreme poverty, oppression, and abandonment

• Soomaya Javadi, Young Hazara activist who fled Afghanistan following the overthrow of Kabul

• Yang Jianli, president of Initiatives for China, former political prisoner

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