2023
| New York, USA

OFF New York 2023

Explore the powerful stories of courage and resilience from the fifth Oslo Freedom Forum in New York.

About

On Sept. 28, 2023, the Human Rights Foundation organized the fifth Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) in New York. More than 475 guests joined us at The Town Hall in midtown Manhattan to hear from our lineup of speakers, including survivors of China’s concentration camps, a formerly imprisoned Venezuelan activist, an Iranian actress defying regime censorship, a pastor risking it all to rescue North Korean defectors, and other courageous advocates for freedom.

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Event Recap

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York (OFF in NY), a half-day event featuring theater talks and performances by the world’s top freedom fighters and dissidents.

We don’t just want to share the story of what’s happening. We want to change the reality. We want to take darkness into light.

Leopoldo Lopez
Venezuelan democracy advocate

Meet our Speakers

Discover the inspiring voices featured at the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum in New York

Chemi Lhamo
Gulbahar Haitiwaji
Kalbinur Sidik
Kristen Ulmer
Nazanin Boniadi
Victor Navarro

This Event's Talks

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Women, Life, Freedom: The Antidote to the Islamic Republic

Nazanin Boniadi
2023 OFF in New York
Tobias Rose Stockwell - Outrage Machine_ Curbing Big Tech Problematic Effects on Democracy

Outrage Machine: Curbing Big Tech Problematic Effects on Democracy | OFF in NY

2023 OFF in New York
Sanaa Seif - #FreeAlaa

#FreeAlaa

Sanaa Seif
2023 OFF in Oslo
Victor Navarro - Surviving Venezuela’s Torture Chamber

Surviving Venezuela’s Torture Chamber

Víctor Navarro
2023 OFF in Oslo

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