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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

Sasa Vucinic

Sasa Vucinic

Serbian journalist
Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter

Director of policy and international engagement at Jigsaw
Sebastien Lai

Sebastien Lai

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

Shakeela Ebrahimkhil

Afghan journalist
Sharofiddin Garodev

Sharofiddin Gadoev

Tajik opposition politician
Shiraz Maher

Shiraz Maher 

Writer and Islamic extremism expert
Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

Iranian judge and Nobel Laureate
Shorna Shahida Akter

Shorna Shahida Akter

Child marriage abolitionist
Shui-Meng Ng

Shui-Meng Ng

Singaporean activist and wife of disappeared Laotian civil society leader Sombath Somphone
Siegmar Faust

Siegmar Faust

German writer and former political prisoner
Sima Samar

Sima Samar

Afghan human rights advocate and minister for Women's Affair of Afghanistan
Somaly Mam

Somaly Mam

Cambodian anti-trafficking advocate
Sophal Ear

Sophal Ear

Political scientist, economist, and survivor of the Cambodian genocide
Soraya Bahgat

Soraya Bahgat

Egyptian-Finnish actvist and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard
Srdja Popovic

Srdja Popovic

Co-founder, CANVAS
Stephanie Sinclair

Stephanie Sinclair

American photojournalist

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