Indonesia: No Prison for Investigative Journalist
Darren Walker
A champion of the nonprofit sector, Darren Walker has been included as one of the Time’s 100 Most Influential People, Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Future, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Ebony Power’s 100, Out magazine’s Power 50, and was named Wall Street Journal’s 2020 Philanthropy Innovator. Before joining Ford, Mr. Walker…
Malaysia: No Prison Sentence for Blogger
Brad Smith
Brad Smith plays a key role in spearheading Microsoft’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, environmental sustainability, human rights, immigration and philanthropy. In his recent bestselling book, co-authored with Microsoft’s Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,…
Dr. Denis Mukwege
In 1999, Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital and Foundation and has become the world’s leading specialist in treating survivors of wartime sexual violence, and is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war. Together with his staff, he has helped to care for more than 70,000 survivors of…
Bangladesh: Freedom for Photojournalist
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Before she became the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, Zanny Minton Beddoes was the publication’s economics editor, overseeing its global economics coverage from her base in Washington DC. Before moving to Washington in April 1996, Ms. Minton Beddoes was The Economist’s emerging-markets correspondent based in London. She travelled extensively in Latin America and Eastern Europe, writing…
Algeria: Blogger and Human Rights Activist Acquitted
Bryan Lourd
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), of which Bryan Lourd is Managing Director and Co-Chairman, represents many of the most successful professionals working in film, television, music, sports, theatre, video games, design, and the Internet. It provides a range of strategic marketing and consulting services to corporate clients. Mr. Lourd represents many of the world’s leading actors,…
Tunisia: An Interview With Myriam Bribri
Emma Lindsay
Emma Lindsay is an international lawyer with 20 years of experience in The Hague, Geneva, and New York, specializing in international arbitration, public international law and international human rights law. Most recently, Ms. Lindsay was a partner at the New York office of law firm Withers, where she was head of the firm’s international arbitration and…