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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.

2024 Speakers

Agather Atuhaire

Ugandan journalist and digital activist

Ahmed Alkhatib

Gazan writer and analyst

Ambassador Marie Antoinette Sedin

Palestinian ambassador to Norway and Iceland

Anastasia Shevchenko

Russian politician and opposition figure

Carlos Chamorro

Nicaraguan journalist in exile

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”

Espen Barth Eide

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Faisal Al Mutar

Founder and president, Ideas Beyond Borders

Georges Azzi

Gender and sexual rights activist

Gershon Baskin

Israeli columnist and political activist

Hilde Sandvik

Journalist, author, and creator of the award-winning podcast "Norsken, svensken og Dansken"

Jack Dorsey

CEO at Block; co-founder, Twitter

Lyn Alden

Macroeconomist; author of “Broken Money”

Mustafa Barghouti

Head of the Palestinian National Initiative

Olga González

Venezuelan human rights activist

Paul Rusesabagina

Humanitarian and real-life hero of “Hotel Rwanda”

Raqib Hameed Naik

Founder India Hate Lab & Hindutva Watch

Sam Rainsy

Co-founder of Cambodia's main opposition party

Sebastien Lai

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

Zhala Bayramova

Child Of Azerbaijani Political Prisoner On A Quest To Free Their Father

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Marc Ona Essangui

Gabonese environmentalist and human rights activist

Marc Wachtenheim

International development expert and democracy activist

Marcel Granier

Venezuelan journalist and media entrepreneur

Marcela Turati Munoz

Mexican investigative journalist and author

Maria Toorpakai Wazir

Professional squash player

Marina Nemat

Iranian author and former prisoner of conscience

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author, journalist, and former politician

Mart Laar

Estonian politician and historian

Maryam Al-Khawaja

Bahraini activist and founder of Al-Khawaja Consulting

Maryam Faghihimani

Iranian human rights scholar and activist

Maryam Nayeb Yazdi

Iranian-Canadian activist and editor-in-chief of Persian2English

Masih Alinejad

Iranian journalist and human rights activist

Mauricio Rodas

Ecuadorean economist

Maziar Bahari

Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker, and former prisoner of conscience

Megha Rajagopalan

Journalist

Melissa Chan

Foreign affairs journalist