Fatemeh Ekhtesari

Fatemeh Ekhtesari

Fatemeh Ekhtesari is the current City of Refuge writer in Lillehammer. She is an iranien poet, midwife and activist and influencer. She has marked herself as one of persians most inovative voices. She has published several books and poetry collections (Transfer 2020,...
Koleka Putuma

Koleka Putuma

Koleka Putuma is an award-winning theatre practitioner, writer and poet. She is the Founder and Director of Manyano Media, a multidisciplinary creative company that empowers and produces stories and works by black queer women.
Anine Kierulf

Anine Kierulf

Anine Kierulf is an associate professor of constitutional law at the University of Oslo and special advisor to the Norwegian Human Rights Institution. She is a frequently used commentator on constitutional law, human rights, and freedom of expression, and is on the...
Burhan Sönmez

Burhan Sönmez

Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey living in Great Brittain. He is the President of PEN International. He has written for various newspapers and magazines like The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, La Republica.
Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Vyacheslavivna Matviichuk is a Kyiv-based human rights lawyer and civil society leader. She heads the non-profit organization The Center for Civil Liberties who was awarded the Nobel Peace Award in Oslo in 2022. She is an active campaigner for democratic...