Nicholas Williams

Nicholas Williams

Nik Williams is the policy and campaigns officer at Index on Censorship and is a free expression advocate based in Glasgow. He focuses on SLAPPs, online surveillance, censorship and dissent in the UK and countries such as India, Iran, and Belarus. At the European...
Hiqmat Sungdeme Saani

Hiqmat Sungdeme Saani

Hiqmat Sungdeme Saani is a gender, communications, and digital transformation professional from Ghana with a passion for using technology to advance freedom of expression, digital rights, and gender equality. Growing up in a region where access to education and free...
Paolo Cesarini

Paolo Cesarini

Paolo Cesarini is Chair of the Executive Board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and Programme Director for the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). He also collaborates as Senior Advisor...
Emmanuel Ganse

Emmanuel Ganse

In Benin, Emmanuel GANSE works to raise awareness among young people about non-violence education and conflict mediation techniques. This involves organizing training workshops for youth, women, and police officers to discuss their roles in preventing violent...
Irene Khan

Irene Khan

Irene Khan is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression since 1 August 2020. She is the first woman to hold this position since the establishment of the mandate in 1993. An internationally recognized...