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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 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

Owen Maseko

Owen Maseko

Zimbabwean visual artist
Palden Gyatso

Palden Gyatso

Tibetan monk and former prisoner of conscience
Park Sang Hak

Park Sang Hak

North Korean defector and democracy activist
Pastor Seungeun Kim

Pastor Seungeun Kim

Korean human rights activist and leader of a modern-day underground railroad
Paul Russesabagina humanitarian and Real-life hero of "Hotel Rwanda"

Paul Rusesabagina

Humanitarian and real-life hero of “Hotel Rwanda”

Pete Pattisson

Investigative human rights journalist
Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin 

Zimbabwean journalist, filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer
Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist
Philippe Douste-Blazy

Philippe Douste-Blazy

French physician and politician
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

Burundian prisoner rights advocate
Pravit Rojanaphruk

Pravit Rojanaphruk

Persecuted Thai journalist and dissident
Preet Bharara

Preet Bharara

American lawyer and former federal prosecutor
Pyotr Verzilov

Pyotr Verzilov

Art performer and political activist
Rachana Sunar

Rachana Sunar

Nepalese women’s rights activist and founder of the Sambad Center
Raed Fares

Raed Fares

Syrian pro-democracy and civil society activist
Rafael Marques De Morais

Rafael Marques de Morais

Angolan journalist and civil rights activist

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