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 Atahuaire Ugandan journalist and digital activist headshot

Agather Atuhaire

Ugandan journalist and digital activist
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Gaza writer and analyst headshot

Ahmed Alkhatib

Gazan writer and analyst

Ambassador Marie Antoinette Sedin

Palestinian ambassador to Norway and Iceland
Anastasia Shevchenko Russian politician and opposition figure headshot

Anastasia Shevchenko

Russian politician and opposition figure
Carlos Chamorro Nicaraguan journalist in exile headshot

Carlos Chamorro

Nicaraguan journalist in exile
Bessel Van Der Kolk

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

Espen Barth Eide

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Faisal Al Mutar

Faisal Al Mutar

Founder and president, Ideas Beyond Borders
Georges Azzi gender and sexual rights activist headshot

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, Block; co-founder, Twitter headshot

Jack Dorsey 

CEO at Block; co-founder, Twitter
Lyn Alden macroeconomist; author of "Broken Money" headshot

Lyn Alden

Macroeconomist; author of “Broken Money”

Mustafa Barghouti

Head of the Palestinian National Initiative
Olga Gonzalez

Olga González

Venezuelan human rights activist
Paul Russesabagina humanitarian and Real-life hero of "Hotel Rwanda"

Paul Rusesabagina

Humanitarian and real-life hero of “Hotel Rwanda”
Raqib Hameed Naik founder of India Hate Lab and Hindutva Watch

Raqib Hameed Naik

Founder India Hate Lab & Hindutva Watch
Sam Rainsy

Sam Rainsy

Co-founder of Cambodia's main opposition party
Sebastien Lai

Sebastien Lai

Son of Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper
Zhala Bayramova daughter of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu headshot

Zhala Bayramova

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

Past Speakers

Memory Banda

Memory Mbewe

Malawi anti-child marriage advocate
Meron Estefanos

Meron Estefanos

Swedish-Eritrean journalist, activist and advocate of victims of trafficking and torture
Michael Anti

Michael Anti

Chinese journalist and political blogger
Michela Wrong

Michela Wrong

Journalist
Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Russian businessman and opposition activist
Mohammed Nagi Alassam

Mohamed Nagi Alassam

Sudanese doctor and pro-democracy activist
Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed

Speaker of the People's Majlis
Molly McKew

Molly McKew

Lead writer at Great Power and CEO of Fianna Strategies
Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy

Egyptian-American journalist
Mu Sochua

Mu Sochua

Cambodian human rights activist and exiled opposition politician
Mukhtar Mai

Mukhtar Mai

Pakistani women’s rights advocate and author
Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

Turkish journalist and senior fellow at the Cato Institute

Mustafa Barghouti

Head of the Palestinian National Initiative
Mutabar Tadjibaeva

Mutabar Tadjibaeva

Uzbekistani human rights activist and former political prisoner
Mzwandile Masuku

Mzwandile Masuku

Swazi human rights lawyer
Nabeel Rajab

Nabeel Rajab

Bahraini activist and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights

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