Oslo Freedom Forum 2026 Speakers

Alexa Zamora

Nicaraguan Pro-Democracy Activist

Ana Corina Sosa

Venezuelan Pro-Democracy Activist; Director, Defense & Security, Celonis

Annette Knopp

Co-founder of the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Bay Fang

President and CEO at Radio Free Asia

Benjamin Skinner

Founder and Principal, Transparentem

Bertin Bandiangou

Togolese Pro-Democracy Activist

Bol Deng Bol Arok

Executive Director of INTREPID-South Sudan

Brad Lips

Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Network

Brandon Silver

International Human Rights Lawyer

Breza Race

Program Director, Center for Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS)

C. Michael Wright

MD

David Aragort

Venezuelan Digital Rights Advocate and Technologist

David Szakonyi

Co-Founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective; Associate Professor, George Washington University

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards

UN Special rapporteur on torture

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Dr. Janie Frampton

Former referee and FIFA instructor

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett

President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice; Co-Chair, International Religious Freedom Summit

Dr. Matthew Gillett

Chair Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor

Dr. Young Hoang

Senior Advisor for Reintegration and Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape (SERE) Psychologist

Dr. Zohreh Abdollahkhani

Chair, Human Rights For Sport

Evgeniia Belkina

Head of Volunteer Service at Viasna Human Rights Center

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Founder of Ideas Beyond Borders & Middle East Uncovered

Félix Maradiaga

President, World Liberty Congress; Former Nicaraguan opposition leader

Fernando Aramayo

Foreign Minister of Bolivia

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Leadership Mentor

Gissou Nia

Human Rights Lawyer

Grace Forrest

Founding Director, Walk Free

Husain Maschinetchian

Organizer, translator, advancing civic dialogue and intellectual resistance in Iran

Ilia Gantvarg

Program Officer at the Anti-Corruption Foundation

Irma Dimitradze

Journalist and Communications Manager, Gazeti Batumelebi

Isaac Stone Fish

CEO, Strategy Risks

Ishaan Tharoor

Global Affairs Journalist, Former Columnist Washington Post

Jacob Mchangama

Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech

James Waterhouse

Foreign Correspondent for BBC News

Jamie Fly

CEO, Freedom House

Javier El-Hage

Chief legal and policy officer, Human Rights Foundation

Jonathan Wilson

Guardian columnist and author of The Power and the Glory

Karim Zidan

Sports & Dictators Program Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Kate Gibson

International Human Rights Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers

Kawsar Yasin

Co-Founder of the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP

Lilian Tintori

Co-founder, World Liberty Congress Political Prisoners Support Team

Lynn Harfoush

Executive Committee Member of Lebanese National Bloc Party

Mahendra Pandey

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking portfolio at Humanity United

Medeni Sungur

President, Digimar Institute / Kuest Media, Liberal Content Strategist

Melissa Mahtani

International Journalist, Anchor & Moderator with a focus on Emerging Technology, Human Rights and Equality

Mohammad Al Abdallah

Director of Syria Justice and Accountability Center

Nick Grono

CEO, Freedom Fund

Nikola Ilić

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Founder, ChangeLab

Oksana Romaniuk

Director of the Institute of Mass Information, Ukraine

Olesya Vartanyan

South Caucasus Conflict Analyst

Pedro Urruchurtu

Director of International Affairs for María Corina Machado

Philippe Auclair

Investigative Reporter, Josimar/The Guardian

Rémy Amahirwa

Son of Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

Roberto González

Chief Advocacy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Rosa María Payá

Founder, Cuba Decide; Executive Director, Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana

Roxana Saberi

Independent Journalist, Writer, and Storyteller

Rushan Abbas

Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs

Saiful Islam

Program Officer at the Human Rights Support Society

Santiago Canton

Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists

Sarah Woodcock

CEO, The Anti-Slavery Collective

Saunoamaalii Karanina Sumeo

Former Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Commission

Sophie de Graaf

Executive Director of Lawyers for Lawyers

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Sudanese activist, Head of the Combating Violence Against Women Unit, Sudanese Ministry of Social Development

Szabolcs Panyi

Hungarian Investigative Journalist at VSquare.org

Tabita A. Wright

MD

Tanele Maseko

Swazi Human Rights Activist and CEO of the Thulani Maseko Foundation

Tina Nabatchi

Director, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, Syracuse University

Tracy Manners

Director of Global Affairs at Oversight Board of Meta

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Founder, InsightLA

Tsela Zoksang

Campaigns Director at Students for a Free Tibet

Vadim Kleiner

Director of Research, Hermitage Capital; Chief Investigator, Magnitsky Justice Campaign

Zumretay Arkin

Vice President of World Uyghur Congress