World Press Freedom Day Participants # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 1 Mr Sameh Abdallah Morsy Al-Ahram Managing Editor Egypt Egypt Fellow 2 Ms Rukiya Abdul Aziz Universidad para la Paz Costa RiCa Afghanistan PartiCipant 3 Mr Diego Abreu Correio Braziliense Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 4 Ms Lubna Abuturkey Al-hureia Radio Palestine Palestinan Territory Fellow 5 Ms MariClaire ACosta Freedom House-MexiCo DireCtor MexiCo MexiCo Speaker 6 Mr Asdrúbal Aguiar Inter AmeriCan Press AssoCiation (IAPA) Chairman, Legal Committee Venezuela Venezuela Speaker 7 Mr FranCisCo Aguilar Urbina Universidad para la Paz Legal Representative Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Organizer 8 Mr Shahzad Ahmad Bytes for All, Pakistan Country DireCtor Pakistan Pakistan Speaker 9 Mr Saleh Al Shawi Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) Qatar Qatar Partner 10 Mr Abdeljalil Alami Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) Head of the ExeCutive Committee Qatar MoroCCo Partner 11 Mr Luis Rolando AlarCón Llontop Instituto Prensa y SoCiedad (IPYS) Monitor Free Expression Peru Peru Fellow 12 Mr Silvio Albuquerque Supreme Court of Brazil ExeCutive OffiCer Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 13 Mr Owais Alam Ali Pakistan Pakistan Fellow 14 Mr Yosman Eduardo Alvarado Guardado Casa del Joven Voluntario NiCaragua NiCaragua PartiCipant 15 Mr Henrique Crivelli Alvarez OffiCe private Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 16 Mr Jose Miguel Alvarez Ibarguengoitia UNESCO MexiCo MexiCo Organizer 17 Mr Armando Álvarez Reina Embajada de MéxiCo MexiCo MexiCo PartiCipant 18 Mr Rosental Alves University of Texas at Austin Professor USA Brazil Speaker 19 Ms Nada Alwadi Bahrain Press AssoCiation Bahrain Bahrain PartiCipant 20 Mr Joseph Perzo Anago MEDIAFRIC Benin Benin PartiCipant 21 Ms Iris Andino Registro Nacional de las Personas Honduras Honduras PartiCipant 22 Mr José Roberto Anselmo OffiCe private Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 23 Mr Sergio Araiza MexiCo MexiCo Fellow 24 Mr Juan José ArCe Vargas SindiCato Nacional de Periodistas de Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 25 Mr Pablo ArCuri Internews USA USA Partner 26 Mr Diego Arguedas Ortiz Universidad de Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Youth Newsroom 27 Ms Namees Arnous Bokra News Egypt Egypt Fellow 28 Mr Nargiz Asadova ECho of MosCow Editor-in-Chief Russia Russia Fellow 29 Mr LuC Athayde Inter-AmeriCan Commission on Human Rights USA Brazil PartiCipant 30 Ms Jennifer Avila Radio Progreso Honduras Honduras Youth Newsroom 31 Ms Mae Azango Journalist Liberia Liberia Fellow 32 Mr Potkin Azarmehr Impact Computers Blogger United Kingdom United Kingdom Speaker 33 Mr Jonathan Baker UNESCO SJO Costa RiCa USA Organizer 34 Ms Marianela Balbi IPYS Venezuela ExeCutive DireCtor Venezuela Venezuela PartiCipant 35 Mr Martin Antonio Balza Embassy of Argentina in Colombia Ambassador Colombia Argentina PartiCipant 36 Mr Joaquim Barbosa Supreme Court of Brazil Chief JustiCe Brazil Brazil Speaker 37 Mr Rafael BarCeló Durazo Embajada de MéxiCo Costa RiCa MexiCo PartiCipant 38 Ms Mariam Barrantes Ramírez COMEXP Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 39 Mr Antonio BarreneChea BigWebNoise Trainer Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Partner 40 Ms Alana Barton International Women's Media Foundation Program Manager USA USA Speaker 41 Mr Juliano Basile Valor EConomiCo Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 42 Mr Emerson Samuel Batista Soares TV GLOBO Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 43 Mr HéCtor Longino BeCerra Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre) ExeCutive DireCtor Honduras Honduras Fellow 44 Ms Isabel Beeg Embassy of Albania in San José Costa RiCa Albania PartiCipant 45 Mr Felipe BenaduCe Seligman Folha de S. Paulo Brazil Brazil PartiCipant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 46 Mr José Luis Benitez AsoCiación de Periodistas de El Salvador President El Salvador El Salvador Speaker 47 Mr Guy Berger UNESCO DireCtor, FEM FranCe South AfriCa Organizer 48 Mr Eduardo Bertoni CELE, University of Palermo SChool of Law DireCtor Argentina Argentina Speaker 49 Ms FlorenCia BianCo Google Argentina CommuniCations and PubliC PoliCy Manager Argentina Argentina Partner 50 Mr Gustaf Björksten Access TeChnology DireCtor Tunisia Partner 51 Ms Rubi BlanCas UNODC National Programme OffiCer MexiCo MexiCo Speaker 52 Mr FederiCo BlanCo Gamboa Universidad de Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Youth Newsroom 53 Ms Irina Bokova UNESCO DireCtor-General FranCe Bulgaria Organizer 54 Ms Claudia Bomtempo TV GLOBO Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 55 Mr Javier Bonilla Saus Universidad ORT-Uruguay Chair of PolitiCal SCienCe Uruguay Uruguay Speaker 56 Mr Bob Boorstin Google DireCtor of PubliC PoliCy & Government Relations USA USA Partner 57 Mr Laura Angelina Borbolla Moreno OffiCe of the MexiCan Attorney General MexiCo MexiCo PartiCipant 58 Ms Catalina Botero Inter-AmeriCan Commission on Human Rights SpeCial Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression USA Colombia Speaker 59 Mr Peter Bourgelais Access Tech Fellow USA USA Partner 60 Mr João Brant Intervozes Brazil PartiCipant 61 Ms Yovania Antonia Briones Carrillo Movimiento Juvenil NiCaragüita NiCaragua NiCaragua PartiCipant 62 Mr Max Brown University of Oregon USA USA Youth Newsroom 63 Mr MarCelo Brusa AgenCe FranCe-Presse Editor for Latin AmeriCa Costa RiCa FranCe Press 64 Ms Barbora Bukovska ARTICLE 19 Senior DireCtor for Law and PoliCy United Kingdom CzeCh RepubliC Partner 65 Mr Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul Boishakhi Television Editor in Chief & CEO Bangladesh Bangladesh Jury 66 Ms Ana María Busquets de Cano Fundación Guillermo Cano Isaza President Colombia Spain Partner 67 Ms Xinia Bustamente PAHO/WHO Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 68 Ms Agnes Callamard ARTICLE 19 ExeCutive DireCtor United Kingdom FranCe Partner 69 Mr Javier Calvo EChandi Creatives AssoCiates Honduras Convive Progra Honduras Costa RiCa PartiCipant 70 Ms Mahamadou Camara Mali Mali Fellow 71 Mr Cristian Cambronero BigWebNoise.com Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Partner 72 Ms Natalia Campillo Summus Estrategia Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 73 Mr Guilherme Canela UNESCO OffiCe in Montevideo ACI for MERCOSUR Uruguay Brazil Organizer 74 Ms Marisol Cano Busquets Fundación Guillermo Cano Isaza DireCtor Spain Spain Partner 75 Ms Elisabet Cantenys Rory PeCk Trust Head of Programmes United Kingdom Spanish PartiCipant 76 Ms Maria-Cristina Capelo Google PubliC PoliCy for MexiCo… MexiCo Partner 77 Ms Carolina Carazo University of Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Youth Newsroom 78 Ms AngéliCa Tatiana CárCamo ARPAS El Salvador El Salvador Youth Newsroom 79 Ms Fabiola Carrion Access Policy Counsel USA USA Speaker 80 Ms Paola Castro Colegio de Periodistas Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 81 Mr Lesly Xiomara Castro Fuentes Radio Progreso Honduras Honduras Youth Newsroom 82 Mr Alvaro Centeno Morales Youth Newsroom Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Youth Newsroom 83 Mr Joshua Cespedes Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Organizer 84 Mr FranCisCo Chacón Ministry of CommuniCations of Costa RiCa Minister Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Organizer 85 Mr MárCio Osmar Chaer Consultor JuridiCo DireCtor Brazil Brazil Speaker 86 Mr Moez ChakChouk Tunisian Internet AgenCy (ATI) Chairman and CEO Tunisia Tunisia Speaker 87 Ms Oisika Chakrabarti UN Women Senior CommuniCations OffiCer USA USA Speaker 88 Ms Katherine Chang Panama Youth Newsroom 89 Ms Tanya Chapuisat UNICEF Representative Central AfriCan RepubliC Switzerland PartiCipant 90 Mr Fernando CheCa Montúfar Ciespal DireCtor-General ECuador ECuador PartiCipant 91 Ms Sofía ChinChilla Cerdas Universidad de Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Youth Newsroom 92 Mr David Ching University of Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 93 Mr Stewart Chisholm Open SoCiety Foundations (OSF) Senior Program Manager United Kingdom USA Partner 94 Ms Silvia ChoCarro UNESCO USA Spain Organizer 95 Mr Hong Jo Chun Embassy of South Korea in Costa RiCa Ambassador Costa RiCa South Korea PartiCipant 96 Ms PatriCia ColChero Aragonés MexiCan SeCretariat of PubliC SeCurity MexiCo MexiCo PartiCipant 97 Mr Luis Coni Supreme Court of Brazil Brazil Brazil PartiCipant 98 Ms Mildret Corrales UNESCO OffiCe in San José Assistant Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Organizer 99 Mr RiCardo Corredor Cure FNPI ExeCutive DireCtor Colombia Colombia Speaker 100 Ms Sylvie Coudray UNESCO Chief, SeCtion for Freedom of SeCtion FranCe FranCe Organizer 101 Mr Alex Covington U.S. Department of State Bureau of Human Rights, DemoCracy and Labor USA USA PartiCipant 102 Ms Sofía María Cruz Miranda Universidad San Judas Tadeo Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 103 Mr Alfredo Cubas Barahona Radio Costa RiCa / Radio NotiCias Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 104 Mr Alejandro Delgado Faith Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión (IPLEX) President Costa RiCa Costa RiCa Speaker 105 Ms María José Delgado Loría Student Costa RiCa Costa RiCa PartiCipant 106 Ms Oksana Denysova Ukrayinska Pravda Ukraine Ukraine Fellow 107 Mr Frank DePonte IEEE USA USA PartiCipant 108 Mr Diego Cornejo AEDEP Central AmeriCa ECuador PartiCipant 109 Ms Maria do Rosario Nunes SeCretary for Human Rights of Brazil Brazil Brazil Speaker 110 Ms Lina Ejeilat 7iber.com Editor-in-Chief Jordan Jordan Fellow 111 Ms Habiba El Mejri-Cheikh AfriCan Union Commission DireCtor of Information and CommuniCation Ethiopia Tunisia Speaker 112 Mr Mohamed ElBanna AlAkhbar daily, Akhbar ElYoum Egypt Egypt PartiCipant 113 Ms LuCía EsCobar El Periódico Contributor Guatemala Guatemala Fellow 114 Ms Teresita EsCotto-Quesada UNESCO Costa RiCa MexiCo Organizer 115 Mr Martin Etchevers