Kjersti Løken Stavrum

Kjersti Løken Stavrum

Kjersti Løken Stavrum is a Norwegian editor and media executive. She was secretary-general of the Norwegian Press Association from 2013 to 2016. She is CEO of the Tinius Foundation and head of Norwegian PEN. She is currently head of the Norwegian Free Speech...
Dmitry Muratov

Dmitry Muratov

Dmitry Muratov is a journalist, editor, and co-founder of the Russian pro-democracy newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Muratov has been a vocal critic of the authoritarian developments in Russia and of the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. He supported the protests...
Sebastien Lai

Sebastien Lai

Sebastien Lai is the son of Jimmy Lai, who, along with The Apple Newsroom in Hong Kong, received The Golden Pen Award last year and is now imprisoned in Hong Kong.
Astrid Hoem

Astrid Hoem

Astrid Hoem is the Chair of the Youth organization of Norwegian Labour Party, and a survivor of the terrorist attack at Utøya in July 22, 2011.
Agnes Callamard

Agnes Callamard

Agnes Callamard is Secretary General of Amnesty International. Previously, she was Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council..
Mohamed Kharwa

Mohamed Kharwa

Mohamed Kharwa is an President of the South African Booksellers Association, and Director of Pro Visions Books part of a diversified SMME that includes an online and physical retailer in educational supply, to a software development Business. A trained Pharmacist he...