Ms. Khalifa is a Libyan activist and researcher (from Tripoli) based in Sweden and Germany. She has been working in civil society on human rights, women’s rights and youth empowerment since 2011. On May 25 th 2016, Asma received the Luxembourg Peace Prize during The World Peace Forum in the European Parliament in Luxembourg. Asma is the co-founder at Tamazight Women Movement , a think/do tank that is working on gender equality and research on the indigenous women of Libya and North Africa and does research for various organisations.

Dr. Suayah is a geo-marine scientist and environmental geologist currently living in North Carolina, but originally from Tripoli. Ismail had been active for many years in advocacy for peace, stability, and justice for Libya.

Khaeri Aboushagor is a pro-democracy and human rights advocate, activist, and campaigner with many years of experience. His focus is on freedom of expression, human rights, and the promotion of democracy in Libya.

Khaeri is the Executive Director of LCDHR, which he founded in London in 2011. Now based in Libya and the Hague, LCDHR builds on several years of experience working in Libya, notably with local journalists, activists, human rights defenders, local organisations, and with government ministries and General National Congress.

Khaeri has a successful track record in developing, managing, coordinating, and implementing projects based on research and analysis of the circumstances on the ground. He has substantial experience working with international news broadcasters, and media development organisations. While living in the UK for 30 years, Khaeri worked in television news production with various organisations including the BBC, Sky News, ITN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, MBC, among others.

He was responsible for bringing to Libya in 2011 Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA), a German organisation with more than 70 years of experience in media development. He also worked with Free Press Unlimited (FPU) in Amsterdam as senior program coordinator for Syrian media development programs.