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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

Bjørn Ihler

Norwegian activist, writer, designer, and filmmaker

Bolat Atabaev

Kazakhstani theater director and human rights defender

Bryan Fogel

Academy Award-winning film director

Busi Kheswa

South African LGBTQ+ rights activist

Carine Kanimba

Daughter of Paul Rusesabagina and spokesperson for the World Liberty Congress

Carlos Chamorro

Nicaraguan journalist in exile

Carolina Barrero

Cuban art historian and human rights activist

Chee Soon Juan

Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party

Chemi Lhamo

Tibetan activist and community organizer

Chen Guangcheng

Chinese civil rights activist and former political prisoner

Christopher Balding

Author and professor

Chung Ching Kwong

Hong Kong political and digital rights activist

CJ Adams

Senior product manager at Google and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Clara Rojas

Colombian lawyer, politician, and former victim of terrorism

Clare Rewcastle Brown

Sarawak-born investigative journalist and founder of the Sarawak Report, a Malaysia-focused online publication

Colin Crowell

Internet technology policy expert and vice president of Global Public Policy at Twitter

Dalia Hatuqa

Independent journalist specializing in Israel and Palestinian affairs

Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado

Cuban graffiti artist and activist

Denise Ho

Hong Kong singer and pro-democracy and LGBTQI activist

Diego Arria

Former Venezuelan diplomat

DJ Switch

Nigerian artist and #EndSARS movement activist

Dmytro Kuleba

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Donald Boudreaux

American economist and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

Researcher, founder of the Trauma Research Foundation, and New York Times best-selling author of “The Body Keeps the Score”

Dr. Dan Siegel

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

Dr. Denis Mukwege

Congolese gynecologist and founder of Panzi Hospital

Dr. Ladan Boroumand

Honorary Professor at The University of Parma & Co-founder of Abdorrahman Boroumand Center For Human Rights in Iran

Dr. Nada Dhaif

Bahraini oral surgeon and founder of the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization

Edipcia Dubón

Nicaraguan pro-democracy and women's rights advocate

Elena Bonner

Soviet dissident and human rights advocate

Elena Kostyuchenko

Russian journalist and LGBT activist

Elif Shafak

Award-winning Turkish novelist and political commentator