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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

Jack Healey

American human rights advocate and head of Human Rights Action Center

Jacob Mchangama

Executive director, The Future of Free Speech

Jacqueline Moudeina

Chadian human rights lawyer

James Fallon

American neuroscientist

James Kirchick

American journalist and foreign correspondent

James O’Neill

American science and technology investor

Jamila Raqib

Executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution

Jan Egeland

Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council

Janet Hinostroza

Ecuadorian journalist, news anchor, and host

Jared Genser

Human rights lawyer and founder of Freedom Now

Jason Silva

Futurist and Emmy-nominated host of Nat Geo’s hit television series "Brain Games"

Jean-Robert Cadet

Haitian children's rights advocate

Jeffrey Wright

Critically acclaimed American actor and founder of Taia Lion Resources

Jenan Moussa

Lebanese investigative journalist and news host

Jestina Mukoko

Zimbabwean human rights activist

Jesùs Roldan

Venezuelan satritist and stand-up comedian

Jeta Xharra

Investigative journalist

Jewher Ilham

Uyghur advocate and daughter of imprisoned scholar Ilham Tohti

Ji Seong-Ho

North Korean Defector, member of the South Korean National Assembly

Jody Williams

American Nobel Laureate

Joe Lonsdale

American tech entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist

Joey Siu

Policy adviser, Hong Kong Watch

John Ralston Saul

Canadian author and former president of PEN International

Jon Callas

American cryptographer, inventor, and co-founder of Silent Circle, an encrypted communications firm

Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon

Filipino community organizer, lawyer, and activist

Julia Ormond

Emmy-award winning British actress and activist against human trafficking

Julian Assange

Australian journalist and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks

Julio Borges

Venezuelan lawyer and politician

Jung Chang

Award-winning Chinese-born British author

Jung Gwang-il

North Korean defector

Justin Kosslyn

Director of product management at Google

Justine Hardy

British journalist and author