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Alsu Kurmasheva

Journalist, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir Service

Alsu Kurmasheva is a press freedom advocate and a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. An ethnic Tatar, she championed Tatar culture, language, and minority rights as a reporter and an editor.

Arrested in Russia in 2023 on charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent” and spreading “false information,” she was sentenced to 6.5 years but released in a 2024 prisoner exchange.

Now a fierce advocate for imprisoned journalists, she raises awareness of their plight, drawing from her own detention. Based in Prague, she received the 2024 CPJ International Press Freedom Award for her resilient journalism and advocacy. She was honored with the President's Award from the National Press Club.

Leaders réfléchis. Les décideurs. Militants et experts.

Le Sedona Forum est le rassemblement annuel de haut niveau de l’Institut McCain, réunissant des dirigeants nationaux et internationaux, qui se tient chaque printemps à l’Enchantment Resort, dans la région des roches rouges de Sedona, en Arizona. Partant de l’hypothèse d’un leadership axé sur le caractère et des valeurs démocratiques fondamentales, le Sedona Forum réunit des leaders d’opinion, des décideurs, des activistes et divers experts pour discuter des approches et des solutions aux problèmes du monde réel.
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