Patrons

ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa
SHIRIN EBADI, Human Rights Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran
•BIANCA JAGGER, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, UK
NOAM CHOMSKY, Laureate Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona Departement of Linguistic, US
LEYLA ZANA, European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC, House of Lords, UK
CHRISTINE BLOWER, National Education Union (NEU), International Secretary, UK
MARY DAVIS, Visiting Professor of Labour History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
SIMON DUBBINS, UNITE International Director, UK
JAMES KELMAN, Writer, UK
JONATHAN STEELE, Veteran foreign correspondent and author, UK
DOUG NICHOLLS, General Secretary, General Federation of Trade Unions,UK