Leading annual gathering at U.N. European Headquarters of human rights activists and families of political prisoners. Sponsored by 30 NGOs. #GenevaSummit2026

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🚨 Landmark UK conviction: Two men linked to London’s Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) convicted of spying on and intimidating pro-democracy activists in the UK. gbnews.com/news/china-spy-tw…
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PRESS RELEASE: Bill Yuen, office manager at London's Hong Kong Trade Office, has been found guilty of spying on Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates. Yuen and his accomplice Peter Wai were found guilty of "assisting a foreign intelligence service" under the National Security Act. CFHK Foundation Advocacy Manager Chloe Cheung (@Chloe_chc_25), who carries a £100,000Ā HongĀ Kong police bounty,Ā said: ā€œWe already knew that China is among the worst perpetrators of transnational repression targeting dissidents in the U.K — nowĀ it’sĀ been proven that they were using the HKETO to do it.Ā  "The Government now has no choice but to put China in the enhanced tier of its Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. ā€œThe HKETO is an outpost of Chinese Communist Party repressionĀ used to coordinate surveillance and intimidation operations. The office has no consularĀ functionĀ andĀ its diplomatic privileges should be revoked with immediate effect.ā€ Read the full release šŸ‘‡ thecfhk.org/hong-kong-trade-…
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Day 207 that my dad, Pastor Ezra Jin é‡‘ę˜Žę—„ļ¼Œis in prison. My dad has always been the kind and loving father to my brothers and I. We haven't seen him in person since 2018 and we've already changed so much. We are all missing him tremendously. #FreePastorJin
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Listen as @MarziehHamidi, recipient of the International Women's Rights Award at #GenevaSummit2026, rejects efforts to normalize the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan: "They are terrorists today, and they will remain terrorists tomorrow. I know this not as theory, but as lived reality."
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Watch as French comedian @SophiaAram presents the International Women's Rights Award to @MarziehHamidi at #GenevaSummit2026. Sophia highlighted Marzieh’s determination as a taekwondo athlete and her courage in speaking out against gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
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.@Tsihanouskaya, President-elect of Belarus, advocated for the freedom of Belarusian political prisoners and urged the international community to refuse normalization with Lukashenko's regime. "Do not trade principles for convenience." #GenevaSummit2026
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.@Urruchurtu, held hostage in the Argentine embassy in Caracas for over 400 days, told #GenevaSummit2026 about an unlikely source of hope while trapped: wild parrots. He shared that as his rescue drew nearer, "They felt like a signal from the universe that it was time to fly."
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.@bbmhlanga shared with #GenevaSummit2026 the cost of free speech and journalism in Zimbabwe: Prison. Mnangagwa's regime has proven his point: Following his speech, authorities called him a criminal, threatening arrest. He has been unable to return home to his family in Harare.
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Pastor Ezra Jin is being held as a political prisoner in China simply for leading his Christian church. His daughter, @GraceJDrexel, traveled across the world to plead for his release. The CCP must immediately release her father and all 17 other Zion Church leaders. #FreePastorJin
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A Sudanese human rights advocate and legal advisor at @TheRWCHR, @mutasimali3 spoke at #GenevaSummit2026 about the atrocities occurring in Sudan: "Imagine waking up to learn that half the people you know are gone. That is what happened in El Fasher."
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ā€œThis is the Berlin Wall moment for Iranians. Help us to bring down the wall of dictatorship.ā€ Must-watch speeches by @AlinejadMasih at #GenevaSummit2026.
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šŸ„‚Victory to Iran. Xi Jinping, you are the next.
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Kim Yumi @kimyumitv, a North Korean defector, spoke at #GenevaSummit2026 about the peril North Korean soldiers held as prisoners of war in Ukraine face if sent back: They will be jailed or killed, as the regime considers it treason if soldiers don’t commit suicide when captured.
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"The regime treated us as if we were worse than a pandemic." Listen as Cuban activist and playwright @yuniortrebol describes the repression he faced for protesting against the Cuban regime. #GenevaSummit2026
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Marina Ovsyannikova (@newslady19) courageously interrupted a live TV broadcast in Russia to protest Putin’s war on Ukraine. She told her story at #GenevaSummit2026:
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Listen as Hue Nhu, a Vietnamese anti-corruption activist, shares at #GenevaSummit2026 the harrowing story of her abduction by security forces: "I lost my child not because of fate but because of the systematic repression of the communist party of Vietnam." #Vietnam
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ā€œI am in hiding, but I don’t want to be in hiding. It was necessary, though, so I can stay alive and be able to speak to you right now.ā€ Listen to @HEBobiwine at #GenevaSummit2026 as he speaks about the cost of challenging Uganda’s regime during the January 2026 elections.
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ā€œThis is not a theatre performance. This was my home. This was Hong Kong in 2019.ā€ Watch @Chloe_chc_25's powerful testimony at #GenevaSummit2026. Stand with Hong Kong. Don’t look away. @thecfhk
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