Shaparak Shajarizadeh is a former Iranian political prisoner and activist for women’s rights in Iran and around the world. She received the International Women's Rights Award at the 12th Annual Geneva Summit [...]
Dr. Yang Jianli, Chinese dissident, former political prisoner, Tiananmen Square massacre survivor and President of Citizen Power Initiatives for China, speaks at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. [...]
Rosa Orozco, mother of student Geraldine Moreno killed by the Venezuelan National Guard while protesting against the government in February 2014, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights [...]
Denise Ho, award-winning Hong Kong-based singer, actress and pro-democracy and LGBTQ rights activist, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy — see quotes below, followed by [...]
Memory Banda, leading Malawian rights activist fighting to end child marriage and harmful practices against girls, recipient of the International Youth Student Award and the UN’s Young Activist Award, addressed [...]
Laritza Diversent, Cuban lawyer, journalist, and human rights defender who serves as Executive Director of the nonprofit Cubalex, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy — [...]
Yavuz Aydin, Turkish judge purged by President Erdogan now living in exile, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy — see quotes below, followed by the [...]
Pete Pattison, award-winning investigative journalist who reports on labor exploitation and modern forms of slavery around the world, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy — [...]
Nury Turkel, attorney and Uyghur rights advocate who co-founded the Uyghur Human Rights Project, addressed the 12th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy — see quotes below, followed [...]
Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer, writer and human rights activist who led a recent successful effort to convince Canada's parliament to recognize the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran as crimes [...]
