List of Oslo Freedom Forum participants
The following is a list of persons who have attended the Oslo Freedom Forum. The list is categorized first by country of origin, then by profession and year.
Afghanistan
- Sima Samar (Chairperson of the AIHRC)(2010)
- H.E. Manizha Bakhtari (Afghan Ambassador to Norway) (2010)
- Roya Mahboob (Afghan tech entrepreneur and founder of Citadel Software) (2016)
Argentina
- Uki Goñi (Argentinian journalist)(2011)
- Victoria Villarruel (Argentinian lawyer)(2011)
Australia
- Julian Assange (Wikileaks Founder) (2010)
Austria
- Michael Fleischhacker (editor, Austria's Die Presse)(2011)
Azerbaijan
- Emin Milli (writer and activist) (2016)
- Leyla Yunus (Azerbaijani human rights activist) (2018)
Bahrain
- Maryam al-Khawaja (Bahraini rights activist) (2011)
Bangladesh
- Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (publisher, writer, and editor from Bangladesh )(2017)
Belarus
- Zhanna Litvina (Belarusian journalist)(2011)
- Aliaksandr Bialiatski (Belarusian democracy activist and opposition leader) (2009)
Belgium
- Andrew Stroehlein (communications director, International Crisis Group)(2011)
Brazil
- Fernão Lara Mesquita (Brazilian journalist)(2011)
Britain
- Justine Hardy (British journalist and mental health expert)(2011)
- Nick Cohen (British journalist and author)(2012)
- Sarah, Duchess of York(2009)
- Benedict Rogers (author and East Asia team leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide)(2011)
- Sara Bronfman (Libyan Human Rights Activist) (2009)
- Philippa Thomas (BBC anchor) (2011)
- Shiraz Maher (Expert on Islamic extremism) (2015)
- Saad Mohseni (British-born chairman and chief executive of MOBY GROUP) (2015)
- Chris Turner (award-winning stand-up comedian) (2017)
- Tiff Stevenson (British stand-up comedian) (2018)
Bolivia
- Victor Hugo Cardenas (former vice-president of Bolivia)(2009)
Burma
- Zoya Phan (Burmese activist) (2011)
Burundi
- Gilbert Tuhabonye (Burundian genocide survivor, author, and athlete) (2010)
- Pierre Claver Mbonimpa (Burundian prison reformer) (2010)
Cambodia
- Sophal Ear (scholar of the Cambodian genocide)(2010)
- Somaly Mam (Cambodian author and human rights activist) (2012)
- Mu Sochua (Cambodian politician and rights activist) (2018)
Canada
- Irwin Cotler (former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General)(2012)
- Maziar Bahari (Iranian Canadian journalist and human rights activist) (2018)
- Emmanuel Jal (Sudanese Canadian performer, writer and political activist) (2018)
Chad
- Jacqueline Moudeina (head of the Chadian Human Rights Commission)(2009)
Chechnya
- Lidia Yusupova (Chechen lawyer)(2010)
- Akhmed Zakayev (prime minister in exile, Chechnya)(2011)
Chile
- Andés Velasco (Chilean economist and former finance minister) (2015)
China
- Jung Chang (author, Wild Swans)(2009)
- Rebiya Kadeer (President, World Uyghur Congress) (2010)
- Yang Jianli (Chinese dissident) (2011)
- Harry Wu (Chinese dissident) (2009)
- Wan Yanhai (Chinese HIV/AIDS activist) (2011)
- Hui Siu Fun (producer, Hong Kong's Pearl and Jade TV) (2011)
- Grace Gao (daughter of Gao Zhisheng, dissident Chinese human rights lawyer) (2017)
- Fang Zheng (Chinese dissident) (2018)
Colombia
- Victor Diusaba (online director, Colombia's El Semana) (2011)
- Belisario Betancur (former president of Colombia)(2011)
- Clara Rojas (Colombian politician, formerly kidnapped by the FARC)(2010)
Cuba
- Yoani Sanchez (Cuban blogger) (via video)(2010)
- Armando Valladares (former Cuban political prisoner)(2010)
- Guillermo Fariñas Hernández (Cuban psychologist, journalist, and political dissident)(2017)
- María Payá Acevedo (Political dissident) (2016)
Czech Republic
- Václav Havel (former Czech President) (via video)(2009)
Denmark
- Jacob Mchangama (Danish scholar)(2011)
- Torstein Nybo (co-producer, Burma VJ) (2010)
Ecuador
- Guadalupe Llori (Ecuadorian politician)(2010)
- Xavier Bonilla (Ecuadorean political cartoonist for leading newspaper El Universo) (2017)
Egypt
- Mona Eltahawy (award-winning Egyptian journalist)(2010)
- Wael Ghonim (Egyptian internet activist) (2011)
- Bassem Youssef (Egyptian satirist and television host) (2014)[1]
- Soraya Bahgat (Egyptian-Finnish women's rights advocate and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard) (2013)[2]
- Omar Sharif Jr. (grandson of film star Omar Sharif, actor, model, and LGBT rights activist) (2016)
- Wael Ghonim (Egyptian internet activist and entrepreneur) (2018)
Estonia
- Mart Laar (former Prime Minister, Estonia)(2010)
Finland
- Soraya Bahgat (Egyptian-Finnish women's rights advocate and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard) (2013)[2]
France
- Philippe Douste-Blazy (former foreign minister of France)(2011)
Gabon
- Marc Ona Essangui (president and founder of two organizations in Gabon) (2015)
Germany
- Peter Thiel (co-founder, PayPal) (2010)
- Daniel Domscheit-Berg (founder, Openleaks) (2011)
- Siegmar Faust (German author) (2010)
Ghana
- George Ayittey (Ghanaian economist)(2011)
- Anas Aremeyaw Anas (undercover journalist) (2017)
India
- Vincent Manoharan (Indian Dalit rights advocate) (2011)
- Kenan Malik (Indian-born English free expression advocate) (2015)
Iran
- Kambiz Hosseini (Iranian satirist, actor, and television and radio host) (2015)
- Maryam Faghihmani(Iranian human rights scholar and activist) (2015)
- Marina Nemat (former political prisoner, Iran) (2010, 11)
- Shirin Ebadi (Iranian Nobel Laureate) (2011)
Iraq
- Vian Dakhil (Iraqi parliamentarian) (2017)
- Omar Mohammed (Iraqi Historian - Founder of Mosul Eye) (2018)
Israel
- Dana Weiss (anchor, Israel's Channel 2 News) (2011)
Jamaica
- Thomas Glave (Jamaican author, professor, activist)(2011)
Latvia
- Vytautas Landsbergis (former Latvian President)(2009)
Liberia
- Samuel Kofi Woods (Minister of Public Works, Liberia)(2010)
- Leymah Gbowee (Liberian activist) (2011)
Libya
- Ghazi Gheblawi (Libyan writer)(2011)
- Alaa Murabit (Libyan human rights activist and founder of NGO) (2015)
- Asma Khalifa (Libyan women's rights and peace activist) (2018)
Malawi
Memory Banda (Malawian girls’ rights activist) (2017)
Malaysia
- Anwar Ibrahim (Leader of the Opposition, Malaysia) (2010)
- Nurul Izzah Anwar (Malaysian politician) (2015)
- Clare Rewcastle Brown (Malaysian journalist) (2018)
Maldives
- Mohamed Nasheed (human rights and environmental activist - the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, serving from 2008 to 2012) (2017)
Mauritania
- Abdel Nasser Ould Yessa (founder, Mauritania's SOS Slaves) (2011)
Mexico
- Sandra Rodriguez Nieto (Mexican journalist) (2015)
Morocco
- Ahmed Benchemsi (Moroccan journalist)(2011,12)
- Zineb El Rhazoui (Moroccan born journalist) (2015)
Nigeria
- Wole Soyinka (Nigerian playwright and poet) (2016)
North Korea
- Kang Chol-hwan (author, Aquariums of Pyongyang)(2010)
- Park Sang Hak (North Korean democracy activist) (2009)
- Ji Seong-Ho (North Korean refugee and president of a North Korean NGO) (2015) [3]
- Grace Jo (North Korean defector, activist, and the vice president of North Korean Refugees in the USA (NKinUSA) (2017)
- Yeonmi Park (North Korean defector and expert on the country's black market economy) (2014)
Norway
- Børge Brende (Foreign Minister of Norway and former managing director of the World Economic Forum) (2015)
- Åsne Seierstad (author, The Bookseller of Kabul)(2010)
- Knut Olav Amas (political editor, Norway's Aftenposten)(2011)
- Hanne Skartveit (political editor, Norway's Verdens Gang)(2011)
- Magne Ove Varsi (indigenous rights leader) (2009)
- Peder Lunde (Norwegian Olympic medallist) (2009)
- Kai Eide (U.N. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA)(2010)
- Arne L. Lynngård (president of the Rafto Foundation)(2009)
- Jan Egeland (director, Human Rights Watch Europe)(2011)
- Jan Erik Helgesen (president, Venice Commission)(2010)
- John Peder Egenaes (secretary general, Amnesty International Norway)(2009)
- Therese Jebsen (executive director, Rafto Foundation)(2010)
- Fabian Stang (mayor, City of Oslo)(2011)
- Kjell Magne Bondevik (former Norwegian Prime Minister)(2009,10)
- Kristin Clemet (former education minister)(2009,10)
- Erna Solberg (current Norwegian Prime Minister of Norway)(2017)
Pakistan
- Asma Jahangir (leading Pakistani lawyer) (2012)
- Mukthar Mai (Pakistani women's rights advocate) (2010)
- Maria Toorpakai Wazir (professional Pakistani squash player and women's rights activist) (2017)
Palestine
- Izzeldin Abuelaish (Palestinian doctor)(2011)
- Iyad El-Baghdadi (Palestinian writer from the Arab Spring) (2014)
Peru
- Hernando de Soto (Peruvian economist)(via video)(2010)
- Alejandro Toledo (former president of Peru)(2011)
Poland
- Lech Walesa (former Polish president; Nobel Laureate)(2010)
Republic of Azerbaijan
- Malahat Nasibova (Azeri journalist)(2011)
Republic of Malawi
- Violet Banda (Malawian youth radio host) (2011)
Romania
- Elie Wiesel (author, Night) (via video)(2009)
- Emil Constantinescu (former president of Romania)(2009,10,11)
Russia
- Elena Kostyuchenko (Russian journalist and LGBT rights advocate) (2015)
- Grigory Shvedov (Russian journalist)(2011)
- Mark Belinsky (Digital Democracy)(2010)
- Garry Kasparov (Russian chess grandmaster and democracy advocate) (2010, 11)
- Vladimir Bukovsky (former Soviet political prisoner) (2009,10)
- Vladimir Kara-Murza (Russian opposition activist) (2016)
- Zhanna Nemtsova (Russian journalist, social activist) (2017)
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Russian entrepreneur) (2014)
Saudi Arabia
- Manal al-Sharif (women's rights activist) (2012)
Singapore
- Chee Soon Juan (Singapore Democratic Party leader)(2012)
Somalia
- Lelya Hussein (psychotherapist, writer, specialist on female genital mutilation and gender rights) (2017)
South Africa
- Andrew Feinstein (former South African politician)(2012)
- Busi Kheswa (South African LGBT activist) (2011)
- Lebogang Mashile (South African actress and poet) (2018)
Spain
- Maria Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo (foreign editor, Spain's El Pais)(2011)
Sudan
- Amir Ahmad Nasr (Sudanese blogger) (2011)
- Erik Hersman (co-founder, Ushahidi software) (2011
- Lubna al-Hussein (Sudanese women's rights advocate) (2010)
Swaziland
- Thulani Maseko (human rights lawyer) (2016)
Sweden
- Claes Arvidsson (foreign editor, Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet)(2011)
- Birgitta Ohlsson (Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs)(2010,11)
Syria
- Raed Fares (pro-democracy activist) (2017)
- Abdulrahman Al-Mawwas (co-founder of the Syrian Civil Defense) (2017)
Thailand
- Pravit Rojanaphruk (Persecuted Thai journalist and dissident) (2015)
- Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal (Student Activist of Chulalongkorn University) (2018)[4]
- Rap Against Dictatorship (Rap Artist & Activist) (2019) [5]
Tibet
- Palden Gyatso (former Buddhist prisoner of conscience)(2009)
Tunisia
- Amira Yahyaoui (Founder of Al Bawsala, a Tunisian NGO) (2015)
- Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisian activist) (2012)
Turkey
- Leyla Zana (former Turkish political prisoner) (2009)
- Mustafa Akyol (Turkish author and journalist) (2015)
- Elif Shafak (Turkish novelist) (2017)
Uganda
- Kasha Nabagesera (Ugandan rights activist) (2010)
Uruguay
- Luis Almagro (lawyer, diplomat, and 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States) (2017)
United Arab Emirates
- Iyad El-Baghdadi (human rights activist, Palestinian Emirati internet commentator) (2014)[6]
United States
- Larry Diamond (political science professor at Stanford University) (2015)
- Kimberley Motley (American human rights advocate and litigator practicing in Afghanistan) (2015)
- Barbara Demick (author, journalist, and North Korean expert)(2011)
- Benjamin Skinner (author, A Crime So Monstrous)(2010)
- Claudia Rosett (columnist, Forbes magazine)(2010)
- David Andelman (editor, World Policy Journal)(2011)
- Greg Mortenson (co-author, Three Cups of Tea)(2009)
- Jackson Diehl (deputy editorial page editor, Washington Post)(2011)
- James Traub (contributing writer, The NYT Magazine)(2010)
- Jay Nordlinger (senior editor, National Review)(2011)
- Jamie Kirchick (writer-at-large, Radio Free Europe)(2011)
- John Fund (columnist, Wall Street Journal)(2011)
- Michael C. Moynihan (senior editor, Reason magazine)(2010)
- Paul Steiger (chairman, Committee to Protect Journalists)(2011)
- Reihan Salam (columnist, Daily Beast)(2011)
- L. Craig Johnstone (Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations)(2009,11)
- Mona Eltahawy (Egyptian-American analyst)(2011)
- James Fallon (neuroscientist)(2011)
- Steven Levitsky (Harvard political scientist)(2011)
- Jack Healey (former Executive Director, Amnesty International)(2009)
- James O’Neill (Thiel Foundation, Clarium Capital)(2011)
- Jared Genser (president, Freedom Now; legal counsel for Liu Xiaobo)(2010, 12)
- Kate Hughes (Women for Women International)(2010)
- Mauro de Lorenzo (VP for Freedom and Free Enterprise, John Templeton Foundation)(2010)
- Paula Schrifer (director of advocacy, Freedom House)(2010)
- Zuhdi Jasser (President and Founder, American Islamic Forum for Democracy)(2010)
- Jimmy Wales (founder, Wikipedia; via video) (2010,11)
- Ebele Okobi-Harris (director of business and human rights, Yahoo) (2011)
- Amber Lyon (CNN correspondent) (2011)
- Jody Williams (Nobel laureate) (2011)
- Colin Crowell (internet technology policy expert) (2015)
- Liza Donnelly (writer/ cartoonist, The New Yorker, CBS News) (2016,7)
- Joe Lonsdale (American tech entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist) (2017)
- Carah Faye (American singer and songwriter) (2017)
- Galia Benartzi (American tech entrepreneur) (2018)
- Jason Silva (Venezuelan American television personality) (2018)
- Rick Doblin (American psychedelic drug advocate) (2018)
Uzbekistan
- Mutabar Tadjibayeva (former Uzbeki political prisoner) (2009)
Venezuela
- Marcel Granier (Venezuelan journalist) (2010)
- Diego Arria (former President of the U.N. Security Council) (2010)
- Leopoldo Lopez (opposition leader, Venezuela) (2010)
- Ramón José Velásquez (former Venezuelan president) (via video) (2009)
- Rayma Suprani (Venezuelan political cartoonist) (2015)
- Antonietta Ledezma (Venezuelan human rights activist) (2017)
- Wuilly Arteaga (Venezuelan violinist and activist) (2017)
- Antonio Ledezma (Venezuelan politician) (2018)
Vietnam
- Thich Quang Do (Vietnamese religious leader)(via video)(2010)
- Vo Van Ai (Vietnamese human rights activist) (2009)
Western Sahara
- Aminatou Haidar (human rights activist) (2016)
Yemen
- Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani (Yemeni journalist)(2010)
Zimbabwe
- Jestina Mukoko (Zimbabwean human rights activist) (2012)
- Evan Mawarire (Civil rights activist, founder of #ThisFlag movement) (2017)
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References
- Oslo Freedom Forum. "Bassem Youssef". Oslo Freedom Forum.
- Oslo Freedom Forum. "Soraya Bahgat". Oslo Freedom Forum.
- "Event: 2015 Oslo Freedom Forum". Oslo Freedom Forum Speakers. Oslo Freedom Forum. 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xeVZYI9hs "Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal | The Student vs. The Military | 2018
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRoHAc7huaA "‘ประเทศกูมี’ ในงาน Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 : Rap Against Dictatorship"
- Iyad el-Baghdadi: The Arab Spring Manifesto
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