Watch the 10th edition of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy over live stream

"Truth-tellers arrive at the United Nations, unite to confront dictatorships." - The Geneva Summit

Geneva Summit for Democracy and Human Rights 2018

Yesterday at the United Nations Human Rights Council a group of human rights defenders and victims of repression gathered to denounces what is going on in their respective countries. Today, beginning at 9:00am and for entire day these activists will be gathered along with hundreds of registered participants to attend and participate in the 10th edition of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. Watch it here over live stream, and get involved providing your commentary, questions and hashtags over social media. Please use the hashtag #GS18 and #GenevaSummit so that your comments can be readily found and share the live stream link with others.


Over the past couple of days have taken a look back to the beginning when the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy came into existence and also speculate on its future.  Today will look at some of the highlights from yesterday, from around the world and look forward to commenting over twitter during the event. Former Venezuelan prisoner of conscience Antonio Ledezma tweeted: "Three years ago I was forcibly abducted for thinking differently from the narco-regime of Venezuela. I will not stop my struggle to defend the freedom and human rights of our Venezuelan brothers." UN Watch highlighted the plight of Cuban prisoner of conscience Eduardo Cardet.

Venezuela

Hace 3 años me secuestraron a la fuerza por pensar diferente al narco-régimen de Venezuela. No detendré mi lucha por defender la libertad y los derechos humanos de nuestros hermanos venezolanos #GS18 pic.twitter.com/BAaxK6rVpB

— Antonio Ledezma (@alcaldeledezma) February 19, 2018

China

"Tomorrow we'll hear from our human rights heroes. It is this whole handful of 'troublemakers' who are keeping the boat of the entire humanity afloat. We should be grateful to these heroes who remind us that dictators are bound to fail."
—Yang Jianli #GS18 https://t.co/r2xoVHgsFk pic.twitter.com/1opIDSC3wh

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 20, 2018

Zimbabwe

“More than anything else what Zimbabwe needs is not just an economic breakthrough, but a breakthrough of democracy and the rule of law.”
—@PastorEvanLive, United Nations opening, 10th @GenevaSummit for Human Rights. Live webcast #GS18 on Feb. 20th: https://t.co/iCYunibGzJ pic.twitter.com/QhC0xHYpI7

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 20, 2018

Russia

"As Vladimir Bukovsky once noted, it’s a remarkable feature of Russian history that even in the absolute darkest periods of repression and propaganda you always find people who are willing to stand up against tyranny — and that’s what we see today.”
—Vladimir Kara-Murza @UN #GS18 pic.twitter.com/5PnzrSA7pX

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 20, 2018

Cuba

Sophia Hopperger: "The empty chair on this panel is dedicated to Eduardo Cardet. ... Dr. Cardet was sentenced to 3 years in prison on trumped up charges. ... Today we say to Dr. Cardet we have not forgotten you." #GS18 #Cuba pic.twitter.com/Po1pRCZfrt

— John Suarez ن (@johnjsuarez) February 20, 2018