Yama Wolasmal
Yama Wolasmal is the Middle East correspondent for Norwegian state broadcaster, NRK. He is based in Beirut and covers the entire MENA-region.
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Veslemøy Østrem
Editor-in-Chief for Altinget Norway. Former Managing News Editor in the Norwegian newspaper Vårt Land and head of the Media Network in Norway. She has held various leadership roles in the media industry, and has led Aftenposten’s policy and finance department, as well as the newspaper’s work to develop new business areas within editorial conferences.
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Irene Khan
Irene Khan, is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. An internationally recognized advocate for human rights, gender equality and social justice, she teaches at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and is co-author of The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights, which has been published in seven languages.
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Jakob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama is a Danish lawyer, human-rights advocate, and social commentator. He is the founder and director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, freedom of speech, and the rule of law.
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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 reforms in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She was nominated to the United Nations Committee against Torture and made history as Ukraines first female candidate to the UN treaty body.
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Leandro Demori
Leandro Demori is the Executive Editor of The Intercept Brasil, and is a board member of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji). He is the author of “Cossa Nostra in Brazil: The History of the Mafioso Who Took Down the Empire” (Companhia das Letras, 2016).
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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.
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Felicia Anthonio
Felicia Anthonio is a #KeepItOn Campaign Manager at Access Now, an international not-for-profit organization with a mission to extend and defend digital rights of users at risk. The #KeepItOn campaign, is a global initiative that unites over 270 organizations working to end internet shutdowns worldwide. Anthonio leads the campaigns global advocacy efforts by raising awareness about the devastating impact shutdowns have on people’s lives as well as engaging with policy-makers and key actors at national, regional and global levels to end internet shutdowns.
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Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen is a Danish journalist. He is the Editor-in-chief for altinget.dk and mm.dk, and has written several books.
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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, Mohammad Khatami, Abdullah al Alayli and Kamal Daoud.
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