The 3rd Geneva Summit brought 400 participants together around an amazing list of speakers. The event opened with a passionate session on the human rights situation in Sudan, which was followed by a session on freedom of expression that focused on the situation in Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Prior to the afternoon recess Jacqueline Kasha, a lesbian activist from Uganda, gave powerful testimony regarding the problems facing the struggle for LGBTI rights in Africa. In the afternoon, a session spotlighted the worst human rights offenders, including Iran, Cuba, and North Korea. The day drew to an end with a session on China. All videos are available below.
Videos
Miguel Angel Rodriguez
PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM AND INTERNET FREEDOM: the situation in Venezuela by Miguel Angel Rodriguez , Venezuelan Journalist
After Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize: The Situation of Human Rights in China DechenPemba , Tibetan Blogger
After Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize: The Situation of Human Rights in China
Yang Jianli, Chinese Political Dissident
The Right Against Arbitrary Arrest
The situation in Iran: MohamadMostafaei , Iranian Human Rights Lawyer
THE RIGHT AGAINST ARBITRARY ARREST
The situation in Turkmenistan by FaridTuhbatullin , Turkmen Dissident
THE RIGHT AGAINST ARBITRARY ARREST
The situation in North Korea by Gwang-ilYung , North Korean Defector
The Right Against Arbitrary Arrest
The situation in Cuba by: Luis Enrique Ferrer Garcia, Cuban political prisoner
REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator: Charles Super, Journalist Lina Ben Mhenni , Tunisian Blogger Mahmoud Salem , Egyptian Blogger
Mohamed Eljahmi , Libyan Activist
AFRICA AND LGBT RIGHTS: Jacqueline Kasha , Ugandan LGBT Activist
PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM AND INTERNET FREEDOM : the debate
Moderator: IlanaSoskin, Lawyer and LICRA Delegate
Miguel Angel Rodriguez , Venezuelan Journalist
Grace Kwinjeh , Zimbabwean Dissident
Nguyen ThiThanh Van , Vietnamese Journalist
After Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize: The Situation of Human Rights in China - Q&A
Moderator: PaulinaNeuding, Editor in Chief, Neo Magazine BahtiyarOmer , Uyghur Activist
Ti-Anna Wang , Chinese Activist DechenPemba , Tibetan Blogger
Yang Jianli , Chinese Political Dissident
After Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize: The Situation of Human Rights in China BahtiyarOmer , Uyghur Activist
PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM AND INTERNET FREEDOM: the situation in Zimbabwe by Grace Kwinjeh , Zimbabwean Dissident
After Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize: The Situation of Human Rights in China
Ti-Anna Wang , Chinese Activist
AFTER THE REFERENDUM: THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SUDAN
PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM AND INTERNET FREEDOM:
the situation in Vietnam by Nguyen ThiThanh Van, Vietnamese Journalist
AFTER THE REFERENDUM: THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SUDAN
Moderator: Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga, Journalist
Juan Branco , President of JeuneRépublique
Bernard Schalscha , General Secretary of CollectifUrgenceDarfour
John Dau , South Sudanese Activist
Miguel Angel Rodriguez
Dechen Pemba
Yang Jianli
Mohamad Mostafaei
Farid Tuhbatullin
Gwang-il Yung
Luis Enrique Ferrer Garcia
Revolution in the Middle East
Jacqueline Kasha
Protecting Press Freedom and Internet Freddom : the debate
Situation in China: Q&A
Bahtiyar Omer
Grace Kwinjeh
Ti-Anna Wang
John Dau
Opening Address from Hillel C. Neuer
Nguyen Thi Thanh Van
Geneva Summit 3: After The Referendum: The Human Rights Situation in Sudan
A student blogger just released from Egyptian prison, made famous by the global campaign that mobilized on his behalf, and other top-name dissidents from Syria, Burma, Iran and China are expected to be among the biggest newsmakers at the 4th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, on March 13, 2012.