Bård Vegar Solhjell

Bård Vegar Solhjell

Bård Vegar Solhjell (b. 1971) is the Director General of Nordad and a former Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He served as Minister of Education from 2007 to 2009, and as Minister of the Environment from 2012 to 2013, both in Stoltenberg’s...
Knut Olav Åmås

Knut Olav Åmås

Knut Olav Åmås (born 19 January 1968) is a Norwegian writer and editor. He is currently the Executive Director of Stiftelsen Fritt Ord, a Norwegian private foundation, whose aim is to support freedom of expression and a free press.
Rasha al Ameer

Rasha al Ameer

Rasha al Ameer is a Lebanese author and publisher. Since 1990 she has run the independent publishing house Dar al Jadeed that she founded with her brother, Lokman Slim, in Lebanon. Dar al Jadeed publishes contemporary Arabic works by authors such as Mahmoud Darwish,...
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...