- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a prisoner in U.S. custody for acts of terrorism, including mass murder. In March 2007, after four years in captivity, including six months of detention at Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — as it was claimed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing in Guantanamo Bay — confessed to masterminding the September 11th attacks, the Richard Reid shoe bombing attempt to blow up an airliner over the Atlantic Ocean, …
- Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Doctor Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born 27 January 1949) is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist. Since 17 June 1999 she has been the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dlamini-Zuma, a Zulu, was born in Natal, the oldest of eight children. She completed high school at the Amanzimtoti Training College in 1967. In 1971, she started her studies in Zoology and Botany at the University of Zululand, …
- Mark Weisbrot
Mark Weisbrot (b. 1954, Chicago) is an American economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He is co-author, with Dean Baker, of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis" (University of Chicago Press, 2000), and has written numerous research papers on economic policy, with a focus on developing country economies.
- Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (born November 21, 1940), is a Mauritanian diplomat and United Nations official. Ould-Abdallah graduated from scondary school in Dakar, Senegal. He studied economics at the University of Grenoble and the University of Paris and political science at the Sorbonne and has held several cabinet-level posts in the Mauritanian government, including that of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. He has also been Mauritania's ambassador to Belgium, …
- Ignacio Ramonet
Ignacio Ramonet (born May 5, 1943, Redondela (Galicia) is a Spanish journalist and writer. He is the editor-in-chief of "Le Monde diplomatique" since 1991. An editorial published by Ramonet on December 1997 resulted in the launching of ATTAC. In addition, Ramonet is one of the founders of the NGO Media Watch Global, and currently he is president of this organization.
- Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah (b. 1980 in Sierra Leone) is the author of the memoir, "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier". In 1991, a vicious civil war overtook Sierra Leone. His parents and two brothers were killed; at the age of 13, he was pressed into service as a child soldier. He fought for almost three years before being rescued by UNICEF. In 1998, he fled from Freetown after the 1999 coup to New York City. He now calls his foster mother, Laura Simms, his mother.
- Mustafa Barghouti
Mustafa Barghouti (Arabic مصطفى البرغوثي also transcribed Mustafa Barghouthi, Mustafa Al Barghuthi, Dr Barghuthi; born 1954) is a Palestinian democracy activist. He was a candidate for the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority in 2005, finishing a distant second to Mahmoud Abbas. Barghouti was born in Jerusalem.
- Molly Melching
Molly Melching is the director of Tostan, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Thiès, Senegal. The results of Tostan’s work have been recognized on an international level and numerous films and articles have been appeared on the Tostan experience in over 20 countries. With more than 25 years of development experience in Africa, Melching's expertise is in developing educational materials for use at the village level, …
- Sulak Sivaraksa
Sulak Sivaraksa is founder and director of the Thai NGO "Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation“. Besides being the initator of a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in Thailand, like the College SEM (Spirit in Education Movement) Sulak Sivaraksa is known in the West as one of the fathers of INEB (International Network of Engaged Buddhists), which, in 1987 was established by leading Buddhists like the 14th Dalai Lama, …
- Gino Strada
Gino Strada (b. "Luigi Strada" April 21, 1948 in Sesto San Giovanni-Milan, Italy) is a war surgeon and founder of the UN-recognized Italian NGO Emergency. Emergency operates in thirteen war-torn countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Rwanda.
- Mikhail Marynich
Mikhail Marynich - an opposition leader in Belarus. He was a former minister of foreign economic affairs, and former ambassador of Belarus to Latvia. He became an opposition politician when he ran against the president Lukashenko for the presidency in the 2001 election, when he openly accused Lukashenko of implementing authoritarian policies in the country. After the election Marynich was accused and sent imprisoned on dubious charges of stealing computers from an NGO, …
- Willie Littlechild
Willie Littlechild is a Cree Canadian lawyer. He was the Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin from 1988 to 1993. As a young man he was a successful athlete who won ten Athlete of the Year Awards. He obtained a master's degree in physical education from the University of Alberta, and became the first Treaty Indian from Alberta to obtain a law degree. Since leaving Parliament Littlechild has continued to be involved in politics.
- Kevin Danaher
Described by The New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Dr. Kevin Danaher 's analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an exceptionally dynamic speaker. Dr. Kevin Danaher is a co-founder of Global Exchange (1988), founder and Executive Co-Producer of the Green Festivals (2001), and Executive Director of the Global Citizen Center (2004).
- John Rumbiak
John Rumbiak (born 1962), is a West Papuan human rights and environment activist. Born in Biak he began English studies at Cenderawasih University (Abepura) in 1982 and worked as a coordinator and field researcher at the Rural Community Development Foundation (YPMD) in Abepura. Joining the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy now known as Elsham, the leading West Papuan human rights Non-governmental organization based in Jayapura he served as supervisor.
- Shirin Akiner
Shirin Akiner is a lecturer in Central Asian Studies at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She has produced many works, particularly on Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and is a Member of Editorial and Advisory Board of "Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies", published by the U.S.A.K.. In 2005 she became involved in a controversy when human rights groups, non-governmental organizations and former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, …
- Alfred Webre
Alfred Lambremont Webre , JD, MEd is a former Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Yale University, Yale Law School, and the University of Texas Counseling Program. Webre was General Counsel to the NYC Environmental Protection Administration and environmental consultant to the Ford Foundation, futurist at Stanford Research Institute, and author. He has taught Economics at Yale University (Economics Department) and Civil Liberties at the University of Texas (Government Department).
- Cristovam Buarque
Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti Buarque (Recife, February 20, 1944) is a Brazilian politician and university professor, member of Democratic Labour Party (PDT). He is married and has two children. See more: http://www.blogdocristovam.com.br
- Christine Stewart
Christine Susan Stewart PC (born January 3 1941) is a Canadian politician. Stewart, a nurse by training, served in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Northumberland for twelve years. She was first elected in the 1988 election, defeating her closest rival by a margin of 27 votes.
- Fadi Ihsan Fadel
Fadi Ihsan Fadel (born 1971) is a Canadian humanitarian worker who was taken hostage in Iraq. He was taken hostage on April 7, 2004 and released April 16, 2004. He was working for New York-based International Rescue Committee, a non-government organization. The key issue to his release was the emphasis to his captors that he was Canadian, not Israeli. Fadel believes that his captors specifically targeted him as they called him by his name.
- Jon Ungpakorn
Jon Ungpakorn is a Thai NGO executive and member of the Senate. He is the brother of Ji Ungpakorn, and is of Thai and British parentage. In 2000 Jon Ungpakorn was elected to the Senate of Thailand with the support of the NGO and HIV/AIDS communities. In 2005 Jon Ungpakorn was awarded with the Magsaysay Award for Governmental Services, exactly 40 years after his father Puey Ungpakorn won the award.
- Mililani Trask
Mililani Trask is a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and an internationally acclaimed political speaker and attorney. Trask's most significant contribution to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was her founding of Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lāhui Hawaii, an internationally recognized native Hawaiian non-governmental organization. Outside of Hawaii, Trask has worked with the United Nations to aid indigenous people from around the world seeking independence.
- Alex Kirby
Alex Kirby is a British journalist, specializing in environmental issues. He worked in various capacities at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for nearly 20 years. From 1987 to 1996, he was the environmental correspondent for BBC News, in radio and television. He left the BBC in 1998 to work as a freelance journalist. He also provides media skills training to companies, universities and NGOs. He is also currently the environmental correspondent for BBC News Online, …
- Ana Dolidze
Ana Dolidze is a well- known Georgian democracy activist. Currently, a Visiting Fellow at the Harriman Institute of the Columbia University till 2007 Dolidze was a Chair of an influential Georgian non-governmental organization, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA). Dolidze has graduated with a law degree from Tbilisi State University and has completed extensive studies in Europe, …
- John O'Shea
John O'Shea is founder and CEO of GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization devoted to assisting the poorest of the poor. His first career was as a sports journalist and GOAL retains significant links to the sporting community, especially in Ireland. A sometimes controversial figure, O'Shea is known for his forthright public statements, particularly when he feels political correctness is getting in the way of assisting those in need, …
- Maureen Greenwood
Maureen Greenwood-Basken is an American human rights activist. She has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Slavic Studies from the University of Michigan; and a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago. Maureen serves as the Advocacy Director for Europe and Eurasia in the Washington office of Amnesty International. She promotes the role of human rights issues in United States foreign policy. Ms.
- Ylber Hysa
Ylber Hysa is a member of the Assembly of Kosovo, a Serbian province currently under UN administration. He is a member of the Reformist Party ORA, and for many years was the director of Kosovo Action for Civic Iniatives (KACI), a Kosovar Non-governmental organization.
- Norbert Vollertsen
Norbert Vollertsen (born 10 February 1958 in Dusseldorf) is a German doctor and human rights activist. Vollertsen practiced medicine in North Korea from 1999 to 2001 with the Cap Anamur Committee, a non-governmental cooperation organization. In August 1999, he and Francois Large, another aid worker, donated their skin to Pak Jong Thae, a tractor factory worker in Haeju, South Hwanghae, …
- Gouled Hassan Dourad
Gouled Hassan Dourad is a Somali-born terrorist who is currently under United States detention at the Guantánamo Bay detainment camp on Cuba. According to the United States Director of National Intelligence, Gouled was the head of the Mogadishu-based facilitation network of al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) members that supported al-Qaeda members in Somalia.
- François Houtart
François Houtart is a Belgian sociologist and catholic priest. He studied philosophy and theology at the seminary of Mechelen (Belgium) and became a priest in 1949. He earned a masters degree in political and social sciences at the Catholic university of Leuven (Belgium). He earned a degree at the International Superior Institute of Urbanism (Brussels, Belgium).
- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (August 26 1929-October 6 2004), also known as Yogi Harbhajan and Yogi Bhajan, was a spiritual leader for the 3HO movement in the western hemisphere. He was widely known as a master of Kundalini Yoga and taught thousands to be teachers and spread the teachings. He founded the non-profit 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy) Organization in 1969. Under his guidance as Director of Spiritual Education, …
- Abdullah Almalki
Abdullah Almalki (born 1971) is a Syrian-Canadian engineer who was imprisoned for two years in a Syrian jail. As of 2005, Almalki lives in Canada with his wife and five children. Almalki was born in Syria and emigrated to Canada as a boy. He worked in the Ottawa area as an engineer, and had an acquaintance with Maher Arar. In the 1990s, Almalki travelled to Afghanistan and worked with a Canadian NGO, Human Concern International, …
- Bashy Quraishy
Bashy Quraishy (born February 2, 1945) is a Danish author, human rights activist, and former politician (for Socialist People's Party (Denmark)). After leaving politics, he worked as President of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), an organisation of NGOs funded partly by the European Commission. He is also editor of MediaWatch, a Danish magazine about media and minorities, which seeks to "start a dialogue between journalists and ethnic groups".
- Nasreen Pervin Huq
Nasreen Pervin Huq (born Bangladesh, 18th November 1958, died Bangladesh, 24th April 2006) was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice. She died in a tragic accident at her home in Dhaka when she was hit by a vehicle collecting her for work as Director of the UK non-governmental organization Action Aid.
- Katalin Szili
Katalin Szili (born May 13, 1956 in Barcs, Hungary) is the President of the National Assembly of Hungary, a post to which she was elected in 2002. After obtaining a degree in law at Janus Pannonius University, she completed majors in human ecology and political science. She has been a legislator since 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 she was the political secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Water.
- Tony Cunningham
Thomas Anthony Cunningham, known as Tony Cunningham, (born September 16, 1952) British Labour politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Workington and is an Assistant Government Whip. Tony Cunningham was born in Workington and educated at the Workington Grammar School before attending the University of Liverpool where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1975, and the Didsbury College, …
- Tan Kai
Tan Kai is a computer technician and an environmental activist from Zhejiang, China. He operated his own company, called Lanyi Computer Repair, and co-founded an environmental advocacy and monitoring NGO called Green Watch (Lüse Guancha; 绿色观察). He was convicted in May 2006 of "illegally obtaining state secrets."
- Michael K. Dorsey
Dr. Michael Dorsey (born May 28, 1971) is Assistant Professor on Dartmouth College's Faculty of Science (Hanover, New Hampshire). Dr. Dorsey teaches in the Environmental Studies Program. Dorsey is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment; Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the University of Michigan Dept of Anthropology, from which received his PhD.
- Charles Henri Baker
Charles-Henry Jean-Marie Baker (born June 3, 1955) is a Haitian industrialist who lives in the United States. Baker was a candidate for president in Haiti's 2006 election. He initially billed himself as an independent and allied himself with the Komba de Chavannes Jean Baptiste and Evans Lescouflair party. Baker is a former member of the Group of 184 ("Groupe 184"), a loose federation of business leaders, …
- Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid (Born November 5, 1963) is an Israeli journalist, author, and TV presenter. He is the son of politician Yosef (Tomy) Lapid and author Shulamit Lapid. He is married to journalist Lihi Lapid, whom he met while on IDF reserve duty. Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, and started his journalism career as a military correspondent for the IDF's weekly magazine, "Ba-Mahane ("In the Camp")," and writing for the mainstream daily newspaper, "Maariv".
- Patria Jiménez
Patria Jimenez is an openly lesbian Mexican politician and head of "El Clóset de Sor Juana" (Sister Juana's Closet). In 1997, representing the PRD, she became the first openly gay member of Mexico's legislature in the country's history —indeed, the first in any legislature in Latin America. http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=1ef6700ae4bb7515b0cf13996eb3ebb5.