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Oslo Freedom Forum Speakers

Explore more than 15 years of talks, panels, and performances by the world’s top pro-democracy advocates.

2025 Speakers

Ani Chkhikvadze

Georgian independent journalist

Anne Lindboe

Mayor of Oslo

Azza Abo Rebieh

Syrian artist and activist

Dr. Dan Siegel

MD, Co-founder and Director of Education at Mindsight Institute

Enrique Del Risco

Cuban writer and professor

Evgenia Kara-Murza

Project manager at the Free Russia Foundation

Irina Schoulgin-Nyoni

Ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Kim Yumi

North Korean defector and YouTube content creator

Maria Sarungi Tsehai

Tanzanian human rights activist and journalist

Nyrola Elimä

Uyghur journalist

Parit Wacharasindhu

Thai Opposition Politician

Pavel Durov

CEO and founder of Telegram

Sir William Browder

Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Sudanese women’s rights activist

Venâncio Mondlane

Mozambican democratic opposition leader

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Russian democracy activist

Yulia Navalnaya

Chair of the Human Rights Foundation

Past Speakers

Pete Pattisson

Investigative human rights journalist

Peter Godwin

Zimbabwean journalist, filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist

Philippe Douste-Blazy

French physician and politician

Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

Burundian prisoner rights advocate

Pravit Rojanaphruk

Persecuted Thai journalist and dissident

Preet Bharara

American lawyer and former federal prosecutor

Pyotr Verzilov

Art performer and political activist

Rachana Sunar

Nepalese women’s rights activist and founder of the Sambad Center

Raed Fares

Syrian pro-democracy and civil society activist

Rafael Marques de Morais

Angolan journalist and civil rights activist

Ramón José Velázquez

Venezuelan politician, journalist, and lawyer

Raqib Hameed Naik

Founder India Hate Lab & Hindutva Watch

Rayma Suprani

Venezuelan political cartoonist

Rebecca MacKinnon

American journalist, digital rights activist, and co-founder of Global Voices

Rebiya Kadeer

Prominent Uyghur leader, entrepreneur, and former political prisoner

Rick Doblin

Founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and Researcher focused on PTSD

Roar Hagen

Norwegian political cartoonist

Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez

Cuban journalist

Roman Dobrokhotov

Russian investigative journalist

Rosa María Payá

Cuban pro-democracy activist and founder, Cuba Decide

Roya Mahboob

Afghan tech entrepreneur

Saad Mohseni

Chairman and CEO of MOBY Group

Sam Rainsy

Co-founder of Cambodia's main opposition party

Samuel Kofi Woods

Liberian journalist, human rights activist, and politician

Sanaa Seif

Egyptian filmmaker and activist

Sandra Rodríguez Nieto

Mexican investigative journalist

Sasa Vucinic

Serbian journalist

Scott Carpenter

Director of policy and international engagement at Jigsaw

Sebastien Lai

Son of Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper

Shakeela Ebrahimkhil

Afghan journalist

Sharofiddin Gadoev

Tajik opposition politician