Speakers

Learn more about all of our remarkable and inspirational speakers representing 81 countries on six continents.

Mai Khoi
Vietnamese pop star and political activist.
Omar Mohammed
Iraqi historian and citizen journalist behind Mosul Eye.
Farida Nabourema
Togolese writer and blogger.
Mu Sochua
Cambodian human rights activist and exiled opposition politician.
Fatemah Qaderyan
Captain of Afghanistan's all-female high school robotics team.
Leyla Yunus
Azerbaijani historian and pro-democracy advocate.
Asma Khalifa
Libyan human rights activist.
Fred Bauma
Congolese pro-democracy leader and founder of youth group LUCHA.
Fred Warmbier
Father of Otto Warmbier, an American student who was tortured and fatally injured while in custody in North Korea.
Edipcia Dubón
Nicaraguan democracy activist.
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal
Thai pro-democracy student activist and author.
Antonio Ledezma
Venezuelan lawyer, opposition leader, and former prisoner of conscience.