Laurent Richard

Laurent Richard

Laurent Richard is an investigative journalist, an Emmy-winning documentary producer, and the founder of Forbidden Stories. At Forbidden Stories, Laurent oversees and coordinates the global network of partners with the support of a 25-person team. He identifies new...
Saurav Das

Saurav Das

Saurav Das is an independent investigative journalist based in Delhi, India, with a keen focus on law, governance, judiciary, and crime. He is also a transparency activist and ardently advocates for open governance and institutional accountability. Saurav actively...
Sarah McLaughlin

Sarah McLaughlin

Sarah McLaughlin is Senior Scholar, Global Expression at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Her book about transnational repression in higher education, Authoritarians in the Academy, will be out in August at Johns Hopkins University Press.
Ana Cristina Ruelas

Ana Cristina Ruelas

Ana Cristina Ruelas is a Senior Programme Specialist at UNESCO focusing on the freedom of expression in the digital environment. Before coming to UNESCO she was the Regional Director for the Freedom of Expression organization ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central...
Adele Matheson Mestad

Adele Matheson Mestad

Adele Matheson Mestad is a Norwegian lawyer and partner at the law firm BAHR. She was the director of the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution from 2019 to 2025, a position that the Storting appointed her. Previously, Matheson Mestad worked for ten years as a...
Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the ‘Three Generations of Digital Rights’ project funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Prior to that, he was a Sessional Academic and Tutor at the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia. Dr Ayalew is...