Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

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The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy is an annual human rights summit sponsored by a coalition of 20 non-governmental organizations.[1] Each year, on the eve of the United Nations Human Rights Council's main annual session, activists from around the world meet to raise international awareness of human rights situations.[2]

History

2009

The first summit took place on Sunday, April 19th, 2009, prior to the United Nations Durban Review Conference.[3] Speakers included, among others, Iranian activist Nazanin Afshin Jam;[4] Egyptian dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim;[4] American human rights activist Ellen Bork;[4] Gibreil Hamid of Darfur, Sudan;[4] Soe Aung of Burma;[4] Marlon Zakeyo of Zimbabwe;[4] Cuban opposition activist and former political prisoner José Gabriel Ramón Castillo;[4] and Venezuelan activist Gonzalo Himiob Santome.[4]

2010

The 2010 summit took place on Monday, March 08, 2010.[5] Speakers included, among others, Massouda Jalal, former Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs;[6] exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer;[6] Bob Boorstin, Google's policy director;[7] Caspian Makan, fiancé of slain Iranian icon Neda Agha Soltan;[7] Cuban dissident José Gabriel Ramón Castillo;[7] and Bo Kyi of Burma, a former political prisoner and secretary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.[7]

2011

The 2011 summit took place on Tuesday, March 15, 2011.[8] Speakers included, among others, Ugandan LGBT rights activist Jacqueline Kasha;[7] Cuban dissident Luis Enrique Ferrer Garcia;[7] Guang-il Jung, a North Korean labor camp escapee;[7] Turkmenistani activist Farid Tukhbatullin;[7] North Korean activist Cheong Kwang Il;[9] and Libyan dissident Mohamed Eljahmi;[10]

2012

The 2012 summit took place on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.[11] Speakers included, among others, Chinese dissidents Yang Jianli and Ren Wanding;[12] Cuban activist Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina;[12] Zimbabwean activist Jestina Mukoko;[12] Burmese activist Zoya Phan;[12] former Egyptian political prisoner Maikel Nabil;[12] North Korean defectors Joo-il Kim and Song Ju Kim;[12] Iranian activist Ebrahim Mehtari;[12] and Syrian activist Hadeel Kouki.[12]

2013

The 2013 summit took place on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.[13] Speakers included, among others, Pakistani women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai;[14] Moroccan writer and atheist Kacem El Ghazzali;[15] Tibetan politician Dicki Chhoyang;[16] Syrian activist Randa Kassis;[16] former Cuban political prisoner Régis Iglesias;[16] Iranian dissident Marina Nemat;[17] Pyotr Verzilov, husband of jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova;[17] and Kazakh journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov.[17]

2014

The 2014 summit took place on Tuesday, February 25, 2014.[18] Speakers included, among others, Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid;[19] Tibetan MP Tenzin Dhardon Sharling;[20] Chinese political dissident Yang Jianli;[20] Canadian MP and human rights lawyer Irwin Cotler;[21] North Korean human rights activist Ahn Myong Chul;[22] Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini;[23] and the aunt of imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López.[22]

The summit's Courage Award was given to Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was the keynote speaker.[22]

2015

The 2015 summit took place on Tuesday, February 24, 2015.[24] Speakers included, among others, Park Yeon-mi, a North Korean defector and human rights activist;[25] Lim Il, a North Korean defector and former slave laborer;[25] a Nigerian teenager, identified simply as "Saa", who escaped after being abducted by Boko Haram;[26][27] Hong Kong protest leaders Alex Chow and Lester Shum;[28] Pierre Torres, a French journalist who was held hostage by ISIS for ten months;[29][30] Ukrainian protest leader Mustafa Nayyem;[30] Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng;[30] Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar;[31] Moroccan politician Fouzia Elbayed;[32] and Tibetan politician Dicki Chhoyang.[33]

The summit's Courage Award was given to Raif Badawi, an imprisoned Saudi Arabian writer and activist,[34] and accepted on his behalf by Elham Manea, Professor at the University of Zurich.[35] The Women's Rights Award was given to Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and the founder of My Stealthy Freedom.[1]

2016

The 2016 summit took place on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Speakers included, among others, Ensaf Haidar, wife of jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi; Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada 2015 and an advocate for human rights in China; Vian Dakhil, Iraqi politician and ISIS victim's advocate; Svitlana Zalishchuk, a Ukrainian politician and key figure in the Euromaidan movement of 2013; Darya Safai, an Iranian women's rights advocate; Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a Turkish human rights advocate; Lee Young-guk, a former bodyguard of Kim Jong-il who defected to South Korea; Polina Nemirovskaia, Russian human rights activist; David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland; and Chinese dissident Yang Jianli.[36]

The summit's Courage Award was given to jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo López. Relatives of the two men accepted the award on their behalf.[36]

Partners

Partners include the following organizations:[37]

References

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