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The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

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Leading annual gathering at U.N. European Headquarters of human rights activists and families of political prisoners. Sponsored by 25 NGOs. #GenevaSummit2024

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Congratulations to 2022 Geneva Summit speaker & Uyghur human rights champion Zumretay Arkin on receiving this year's prestigious Roosevelt Foundation Freedom of Worship Award from Roosevelt Foundation!

Read more about her impressive achievement here:
rfa.org/english/news/u…

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Jailed & murdered Russian opposition leader Alexey Alexey Navalny began writing a memoir after being poisoned by in 2020. This year, these writings will be published.

In 2021, Geneva Summit awarded Navalny with our Moral Courage Award.

Read about it:
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Toribia Lero, Indigenous rights and pro-democracy leader in who has overcome state-sanctioned violence and persecution, will speak at .

Register now to join us on May 15th ➡️ rb.gy/4b1xav

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: @LeroToribia, Indigenous rights and pro-democracy leader in #Bolivia who has overcome state-sanctioned violence and persecution, will speak at #GenevaSummit2024. Register now to join us on May 15th ➡️ rb.gy/4b1xav
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'Tyranny thrives in darkness.'

Geneva Summit alum Evgenia Kara-Murza—wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, the poisoned & jailed pro-democracy leader—powerfully reflected in Just Security on the two-year anniversary of her husband's imprisonment.

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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Women's rights hero Fatou Baldeh MBE will speak about her fight to end female genital mutilation and gender-based violence in The at .

Register here to join us on May 15th ➡️ rb.gy/4b1xav

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Women's rights hero @BaldehF will speak about her fight to end female genital mutilation and gender-based violence in The #Gambia at #GenevaSummit2024. Register here to join us on May 15th ➡️ rb.gy/4b1xav
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'Safety is not granted. But I'm not trembling.'

Activist and Geneva Summit alum Zhanna Nemtsova detailed 's violence against critics in —including the murder of her father, Boris Nemtsov.

⬇️ Read in Newsweek here ⬇️
newsweek.com/my-father-assa…

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The Los Angeles Times covered the launch of a new pro-democracy political party in led by exiled activist & former Geneva Summit speaker MuSochua.

⬇️ Read about it here ⬇️
latimes.com/california/sto…

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'Many lives are in danger.'

human rights activist and 2023 Geneva Summit speaker Evgenia Kara-Murza is sounding the alarm on the peril facing Putin critics—including her jailed husband—following Navalny's murder.

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nbcnews.com/news/world/rus…

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'We need a global movement, to unite all women across the globe, to call on their leaders to end gender apartheid.'

Exiled women's rights icon Masih Alinejad 🏳️, who received the Geneva Summit Women's Rights Award, spoke with euronews.

Read ⬇️ euronews.com/2024/03/26/reg…

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The is looking for volunteers who are passionate about human rights and democracy to help us shine a spotlight on the world's worst regimes.

Apply to join us on May 15 and make a real difference for the repressed worldwide:…

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The #GenevaSummit2024 is looking for volunteers who are passionate about human rights and democracy to help us shine a spotlight on the world's worst regimes. Apply to join us on May 15 and make a real difference for the repressed worldwide:…
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