Oslo Freedom Forum 2026 Speakers

Alexa Zamora

Nicaraguan Pro-Democracy Activist

Amy Proulx

Executive Director, Harper Philanthropic

Ana Corina Sosa

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

Annette Knopp

Therapist, Meditation Teacher, and Co-Founder of the Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Azadeh Afsahi

Human Rights Clinician; Founder, Iran House

Bay Fang

President and CEO at Radio Free Asia

Benjamin Skinner

Founder and Principal, Transparentem

Brad Lips

CEO, Atlas Network

Brandon Silver

Director of Policy and Projects, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

Breza Race

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

C. Michael Wright

MD

Cameron Khansarinia

Chief of Staff to Reza Pahlavi

David Aragort

Venezuelan Digital Rights Advocate and Technologist

David Szakonyi

Associate Professor of Political Science, George Washington University

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Dr. Elissa Epel

Professor at UC San Francisco; Leading Researcher on Stress, Resilience, and the Biological Impact of Adversity

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Meditation Teacher, Psychologist, and Leading Voice in the Integration of Mindfulness and Western Psychology

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; Founder and Director, Living with Totality

Dr. Young Hoang

Senior Advisor for Reintegration and Survival-EvasionResistance-Escape (SERE) Psychologist, U.S. Department of State

Dr. Zohreh Abdollahkhani

Chair, Human Rights For Sport

Elsa Peraldi

Senior Research Strategy Adviser, Human Rights Foundation

Evgeniia Belkina

Head of Volunteer Service at Viasna Human Rights Center

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Founder and President, Ideas Beyond Borders

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Mentor, Leadership Expert, and Facilitator Specializing in Resilience and Capacity Building for Change-makers

Gissou Nia

Director of the Strategic Litigation Project, Atlantic Council

Grace Forrest

Founding Director, Walk Free

Husain Maschinetchian

Civic Organizer and Translator

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, The Washington Post

Ismael Dainehine

Co-Founder and CEO, Evergive

Jacob Mchangama

Founder and Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech

James Kirchick

Journalist

James Waterhouse

Correspondent, BBC Paris

Jamie Fly

CEO, Freedom House

Javier El-Hage

Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Jhanisse Vaca Daza

Senior Program Officer and Freedom Fellowship Director, Human Rights Foundation

Joanna Chiu

Managing Partner, Nüora Global Advisors

John Donvan

Moderator-in-Chief, Open to Debate

Jonathan Duarte

Executive Director, Nicaraguan Freedom Foundation & World Liberty Congress Regional Secretary for the Americas

Jonathan Wilson

Columnist for the Guardian and Author of “The Power and the Glory”

Karim Zidan

Sports & Dictators Program Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Kate Gibson

Associate, Doughty Street Chambers

Kawsar Yasin

Co-Founder of the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP

Kristelle Mardini

COO, Lebanese Institute for Market Studies

Lilian Tintori

Co-founder, World Liberty Congress Political Prisoners Support Team

Lynn Harfoush

Executive Committee Member, Lebanese National Bloc; Founder, Siyasiyyat

Mahendra Pandey

Senior Manager for Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Humanity United

Maximilien Reynolds

Director of Projects, The Reynolds Foundation

Medeni Sungur

President, Digimar

Melissa Mahtani

International Journalist, Anchor, and Moderator

Mohammad Al Abdallah

Executive Director of Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay

Human Rights and Democracy Advocate

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

Investigative Journalist and Conflict Analyst

Pedro Urruchurtu

International Affairs Coordinator, Vente Venezuela

Philippe Auclair

Investigative Reporter for Josimar and the Guardian

Rémy Amahirwa

Son of imprisoned Rwandan opposition leader 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

Founder and 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, Lawyers for Lawyers

Szabolcs Panyi

Investigative Journalist, VSquare.org

Tabita A. Wright

MD

Tanele Maseko

Swazi Activist and Widow of Thulani Maseko

Tina Nabatchi

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

Tracy Manners

Director of Global Affairs, The Oversight Board

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Meditation Teacher

Tsela Zoksang

Campaigns Director at Students for a Free Tibet