2023
| Taipei, Taiwan

OFF Taiwan 2023

Explore how the Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan brought together voices for change.

About

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted the fourth Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) in Taiwan on Oct. 18, 2023, making it HRF’s most consistent and successful regional OFF event outside of Norway and New York.

This event’s delegation included 10 speakers and one performer with diverse backgrounds, from Venezuela to Swaziland to Taiwan’s own neighbor, Hong Kong. Speakers included Hong Kong Watch policy advisor Joey Siu, North Korean human rights activist Pastor Seungeun Kim, Axios China reporter Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, and many more. Outside the theater, attendees enjoyed local partner booths and explored some of HRF’s programs at the interactive expo.

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Event Recap

HRF returned to Taipei to host the fourth OFF in Taiwan. Attendees gathered at the W Taipei Hotel to hear from top human rights advocates and learn more about HRF’s advocacy campaigns.

I’m a mother, a wife, a widow. Most importantly, I’m a human rights defender.

Tanele Maseko
Swazi human rights activist and CEO of the Thulani Maseko Foundation

Meet our Speakers

Discover the inspiring voices featured at the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan

Bethany Allen Ebrahimian
Joey Siu
Omar Alshgore
Pastor Seungeun Kim
Tanele Maseko
Tobias Rose Stockwell

This Event's Talks

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All for the Land of Snow: A Story of Tibetan Resilience | OFF in Taiwan

Chemi Lhamo
2023 OFF in Taiwan
Joey Siu __ From Hong Kong to the World_ Uniting in Solidarity

From Hong Kong to the World: Uniting in Solidarity

Joey Siu
2023 OFF in Taiwan
Migrant Defenders Migrant workers rights Qatar migrant labor conditions FIFA World Cup 2022 Human rights violations in the Gulf

Qatar's Whistleblowing Migrant Worker

Malcolm Bidali
2023 OFF in Oslo
Oleksandra Matviichuk - On the Frontlines of Freedom

On the Frontlines of Freedom

Oleksandra Matviichuk
2022 OFF in Oslo

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