Speaking truth to power

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

UN TESTIMONY

Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed

First democratically-elected president of the Maldives, victim of a coup.

Iran

Marina Nemat

Former Iranian prisoner of conscience and victim of sexual abuse.

Russia

Zhanna Nemtsova

Russian journalist and democracy activist, daughter of Boris Nemtsov.

Burundi

Ketty Nivyabandi

Exiled Burundi human rights defender and social justice advocate.

Cuba

Alessandra Pinna

Director of Latin America and Carribean programs at Freedom House.

Venezuela

Miguel Pizarro

Venezuelan dissident appointed as Commissioner to the UN.

North Korea

Diane Rhim

Grand-daughter of North Korean refugees.

Venezuela

Victor Rodriguez

Former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN, dissident to the Maduro regime.

Cuba

Ariel Ruiz

Cuban environmentalist emprisoned and infected with HIV by the communist regime.

China

Hamid Sabi

Human rights lawyer, counsel to the Iran, China, and Uyghur Tribunal.

China

Lester Shum

Hong Kong democracy activist from the Yellow Umbrella protest movement.

Cuba

John Suarez

Cuban Human Rights Activist, Executive Director of Center for a Free Cuba

Venezuela

Lilian Tintori

Wife of former political prisonner and Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López.

Nicaragua

Berta Valle

Wife to Nicaraguan presidential candidate forcibly disappeared by Ortega.

China

Ti-Anna Wang

Daughter of Chinese dissident and Human rights activist.

Uganda

Bobi Wine

Ugandan pop star, activist and politician.

China

Peter Yang

Son of Guo Feixiong, imprisoned Chinese “barefoot lawyer” and civil rights activist.

UN Watch