Panels & Workshops

Ignite Talks: HRF Freedom Fellows

May 26, 2025
15:00-16:00

Through HRF’s year-round Freedom Fellowship program, 15 dissidents from authoritarian regimes worldwide receive hands-on mentorship from experts in nonviolent movement building. This year’s cohort of Freedom Fellows from Bahrain, Bolivia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and Zimbabwe will each deliver five-minute Ignite talks about their activism and vision for the future. Presentations by Freedom Fellows not listed below will be conducted under Chatham House rules.

Panelists

Alejandra Serrate

Alejandra Serrate

Bolivian attorney and human rights activist
Jonathan Duarte

Jonathan Duarte

Nicaraguan-American political consultant and electoral campaign strategist
Shely Andriamihaja

Shely Andriamihaja

Malagasy transparency activist
Carmen Lau

Carmen Lau

Senior International Advocacy Associate at the Hong Kong Democracy Council
Chemi Lhamo

Chemi Lhamo

Tibetan activist and community organizer

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