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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

Kalbinur Sidik

Survivor of China’s genocide and eyewitness to forced labor camps

Kambiz Hosseini

Iranian satirist, actor, and television and radio host

Kang Chol-Hwan

North Korean defector, author, and journalist

Kasha Jacqueline

Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist

Kenan Malik

Free expression Advocate, Historian, and Scientific Author

Ketakandriana Rafitoson

Executive director, Transparency International Madagascar

Kim Yumi

North Korean defector and YouTube content creator

Kimberley Motley

American human rights advocate and litigator practicing in Afghanistan

Kimmie Weeks

Liberian children's rights activist

Kristen Ulmer

Fear and anxiety thought leader

Laila Haidari

Afghan advocate and founder of Mother Educational Center for Afghan Girls

Lapiro de Mbanga

Cameroonian musician, pro-democracy activist, and former political prisoner

Laritza Diversent

Cuban lawyer, independent journalist, and human rights defender

Larry Diamond

Democratization expert and professor of political science at Stanford University

Lech Walesa

First democratically elected president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize

Lee Ann De Reus

Co-founder of the Panzi Foundation

Leopoldo López

Venezuelan Opposition Leader

Leyla Hussein

British-Somali anti-FGM activist and Psychotherapist

Leyla Yunus

Azerbaijani human rights advocate

Leyla Zana

Turkey's first female Kurdish parliamentarian

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

Lidia Yusupova

Human rights lawyer

Lina Ben Mhenni

Tunisian blogger and activist

Lisa Sánchez

Mexican drug policy expert

Lisa Yasko

Member of Ukrainian Parliament

Lobsang Sangay

Former president of the Tibetan government

Lubna al-Hussein

Sudanese activist and journalist

Lucy Kassa

Ethiopian investigative journalist

Luis Almagro

Secretary General, Organization of American States

Luke Harding

British author and journalist

Lyn Alden

Macroeconomist; author of “Broken Money”

Lyudmila Savchuk

Russian investigative journalist