Moderator: Baroness Helena Kennedy KC Speakers: Sebastien Lai, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Jason Rezaian Jimmy Lai is a 75-year-old British citizen based in Hong Kong. He is a renowned media owner, wr...
Jason Rezaian
Jason Rezaian writes for The Washington Post’s Global Opinions section. He served as Tehran bureau chief for the Post from 2012 to 2016.
In July 2014, he was arrested by Iranian authorities and imprisoned for 544 days until his release in January 2016. Rezaian’s memoir, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison, was published in January 2019. In addition Rezaian is a CNN contributor. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Class of 2017, and a Terker Distinguished Fellow at George Washington University, 2016-2018.
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Evan Gershkovich, 31 years old, is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covers Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. In March 2023, he was arrested in Russia while on a reporting t...
Jason Rezaian, the then Washington Post Tehran bureau chief, was arrested in July 2014 by Iranian authorities and imprisoned for 544 days until his release in January 2016. Jason’s memoir, entitled...
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