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World Press Freedom Day 2016

Speakers

Christian Guillermet Fernandez
Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Costa Rica)
Josep Adi Prasetiyo
Chairman, Press Council of Indonesia (Indonesia)
Roberts Putnis
Head of Media Policy Division, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia (Latvia)
Rana Sabbagh
Executive Director, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (Jordan)
Sami Ben Gharbia
Founding Director, Global Voices Advocacy (Tunisia)
Susanna Reinboth
Journalist, Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
Poni Alice JameKolok
Radio and TV Journalist (South Sudan)
Rahma Mian
Co-founder, Hacks/Hackers Pakistan (Pakistan)
Frane Maroevic
Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Helen Darbishire
Executive Director, Access Info Europe (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Ons Ben Abdelkarim
Director, Albawsala (Tunisia)
Zuliana Lainez
Secretary General, Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú (Peru)
Osama Al-Habahbeh
Programme Manager Iraq, International Media Support (Denmark)
Mircea Barbu
Reporter Foreign Affairs, Adevarul (Romania)
Laura Neuman
Director Global Access to Information Program, Carter Center (United States of America)
Barbara Trionfi
Executive Director, International Press Institute (Italy)
Owais Aslam Ali
Chairman, Pakistan Press International and Executive Board Member, International Press Institute (Pakistan)
Javier Garza Ramos
Safety Advisor, World Editors Forum (Mexico)
Erin Banco
Middle East Correspondent, International Business Times (United States of America)
Thomas Hughes
Executive Director, Article 19 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Anthony Bellanger
General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists (France)
Mostefa Souag
Acting Director-General, Al Jazeera Media Network (Qatar)
Tahmina Rahman
Director Bangladesh and South Asia, Article 19 (Bangladesh)
Dumisani Moyo
Independent Research Consultant (South Africa)
Yahia Shukkeir
Journalist, Alarab Alyawm (Jordan)
Marie Ottosson
Assistant Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sweden)
Ole Reitov
Executive Director, Freemuse (Denmark)
Mike van Graan
Director Executive Director, African Arts Institute (South Africa)
Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
News Presenter and Senior Producer, YLE - Finnish Broadcasting Co. (Finland)
Ammu Joseph
Journalist and media specialist (India)
Edison Lanza
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Organization of American States (Uruguay)
Patrick Leusch
Managing Director, Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (Belgium)
Brandon Oelofse
Senior Trainer and Coordinator, Radio Netherlands Training Center (South Africa)
Mazen Darwish
President, Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize laureate (Syria)
Mona Kareem
Contributor, Migrant-rights.org (Kuwait)
Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah
High Commissioner of Ghana to the Republic of Namibia
Andrey Rikhter
Senior Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Russian Federation)
Joyce Barnathan
President, International Center for Journalists (United States of America)
Magda Abu-Fadil
Director, Media Unlimited (Lebanon)
Nadezdha Azhgikhina
Executive Secretary, Russian Union of Journalists (Russian Federation)
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård
President, European Federation of Journalists (Denmark)
Elina Grundström
Chair, Council for Mass Media in Finland (Finland)
Ljiljana Zurovac
Executive Director, Bosnia Herzegovina Press Council (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Chadia Khedir
Cultural News, Watania 2 (Tunisia)
Cilla Benkö
Director-General, Sveriges Radio (Sweden)
Barbora Bukovska
Senior Director for Law and Policy, Article 19 (Czech Republic)
Aidan White
Director, Ethical Journalism Network (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jussi Pajunen
Mayor, City of Helsinki
Irina Bokova
Director‐General, UNESCO
Marietje Schaake
Member of the European Parliament (Netherlands)
Peter Nyman
News Anchor, MTV3 (Finland)
Annika Damström
Current Affairs Host and Journalist at YLE ‐ Finnish Broadcasting Co. (Finland)
Frank La Rue
Assistant Director‐General Communication and Information, UNESCO
Albana Shala
Chair, Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
Tommi Karttaavi
Manager Chapter Development‐Europe, Internet Society (Finland)
Julie Posetti
Head of Editorial Digital Capability, Fairfax Media (Australia)
Markku Suksi
Professor of Public Law, Åbo Akademi University (Finland)
Juha Sipilä
Prime Minister, Finland
Naomi Sakr
Professor of Media Policy and Director of the CAMRI Arab Media Centre, University of Westminster (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mabel Rehnfeldt
Investigative journalist and editor, ABC‐Digital‐ABC Color (Paraguay)
Nasima Razmyar
Member of Parliament of Finland (Afghanistan/Finland)
Karabo Rajuili
Member National Working Group, Right2know (South Africa)
Milica Pesic
Executive Director, Media Diversity Institute (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Indonesia to UNESCO
Bill Orme
Global Forum for Media Development United Nations Representative (United States of America)
Edetaen Ojo
Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda (Nigeria)
Toby Mendel
Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada)
Rebecca MacKinnon
Project Director, Ranking Digital Rights (United States of America)
Gwen Lister
Founder of The Namibian; Executive Chair of the Namibia Media Trust (Namibia)
Mikko Hypponen
Chief Research Officer, F‐Secure (Finland)
Heidi Hautala
Member of the European Parliament (Finland)
Charlotte Harder
International Editor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Denmark)
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Minister of Education and Culture, Finland
Danilo Doneda
Independent consultant and professor at State University of Rio de Janeiro
Guy Berger
Director of Division Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO
Neela Banerjee
Journalist, Inside Climate News (United States of America)
Lina Attalah
Co‐founder and Chief Editor, Mada Masr (Egypt)
Christiane Amanpour
Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety, UNESCO (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Martti Ahtisaari
Former President of the Republic of Finland
Carolina Matos
Lecturer in Sociology, City University London (Brazil)
Ali Jahangiri
Presenter, YLE Puhe Radio (Iran/Finland)
Ade Armando
Associate Professor, University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
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