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Iranian journalist and human rights activist

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Indian lawyer and social activist

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American lawyer

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Guatemalan bishop

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president of Ireland

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Uyghur entrepreneur

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Indian social reformer

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Somalian physician, lawyer, and activist

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Somali-born Dutch American activist, writer, and politician

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