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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

Tobias Rose Stockwell

Tobias Rose-Stockwell

Author and technologist
Tomas van Houtryve

Tomas van Houtryve

Photojournalist
Toribia Lero Quispe

Toribia Lero Quispe

Bolivian assembly woman and opposition leader
Toufah Jallow

Toufah Jallow

Gambian anti-rape activist and founder of the Toufah Foundation
Tutu Alicante

Tutu Alicante

Human rights lawyer and activist
Uki Goñi

Uki Goñi

Argentinian author and journalist
Urmila Chaudhary

Urmila Chaudhary

Abolitionist and former child domestic slave
Vaclav Havel

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, first president of the Czech Republic and former Human Rights Foundation chairman
Vanessa Tsehaye

Vanessa Tsehaye

Eritrean human rights activist
Veronica Tsepkalo

Veronica Tsepkalo

Chair of Belarus Women's Foundation
Vian Dakhil

Vian Dakhil

Yazidi member of Iraqi Parliament
Victor Hugo Cárdenas

Victor Hugo Cárdenas

Former vice president of Bolivia
Victor Navarro

Víctor Navarro

Venezuelan human rights activist
Victoria Villarruel

Victoria Villarruel

Argentinian lawyer and politician
Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko

Third Ukrainian president
Vincent Manoharan

Vincent Manoharan

Founder of the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)

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