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List of Oslo Freedom Forum participants

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The following is a list of persons who have attended the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) conferences since its start in 2009. The list is categorized first by country of origin, then by profession and year.

Afghanistan

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Argentina

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Brazil

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Britain

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Bolivia

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Burma

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Burundi

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Cambodia

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Chechnya

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Cuba

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Ecuador

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Egypt

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  • 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)

Eritrea

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Estonia

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  • Mart Laar (former Prime Minister, Estonia) (2010)

Finland

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  • Soraya Bahgat (Egyptian-Finnish women's rights advocate and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard) (2013)[2]

France

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Gabon

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Germany

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Ghana

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India

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Iran

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Iraq

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Israel

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Latvia

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Liberia

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Libya

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Malawi

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Memory Banda (Malawian girls’ rights activist) (2017)

Malaysia

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Maldives

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  • Mohamed Nasheed (human rights and environmental activist - the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, serving from 2008 to 2012) (2017)

Mauritania

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Mexico

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Morocco

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Nicaragua

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  • Berta Valle (Nicaraguan journalist and human rights activist) (2021)

Nigeria

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North Korea

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  • 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

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Pakistan

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Palestine

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Peru

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Poland

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  • Lech Walesa (former Polish president; Nobel Laureate) (2010)

Republic of Azerbaijan

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Republic of Malawi

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Romania

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Russia

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Saudi Arabia

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Serbia

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Singapore

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Somalia

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  • Leyla Hussein (psychotherapist, writer, specialist on female genital mutilation and gender rights) (2017)

South Africa

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Spain

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Sudan

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Swaziland

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Sweden

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Syria

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Thailand

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Tibet

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Tunisia

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Turkey

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Uganda

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Uruguay

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  • Luis Almagro (lawyer, diplomat, and 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States) (2017)

United Arab Emirates

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United States

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Uzbekistan

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Venezuela

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Vietnam

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  • Thich Quang Do (Vietnamese religious leader) (via video) (2010)
  • Vo Van Ai (Vietnamese human rights activist) (2009)

Western Sahara

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Yemen

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Zimbabwe

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References

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  1. ^ Oslo Freedom Forum. "Bassem Youssef". Oslo Freedom Forum.
  2. ^ a b Oslo Freedom Forum. "Soraya Bahgat". Oslo Freedom Forum.
  3. ^ "Event: 2015 Oslo Freedom Forum". Oslo Freedom Forum Speakers. Oslo Freedom Forum. 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ "From Despair to Hope: The Chronicles of Sudan's Peaceful Revolution".
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xeVZYI9hs "Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal | The Student vs. The Military | 2018
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRoHAc7huaA "‘ประเทศกูมี’ ในงาน Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 : Rap Against Dictatorship"
  7. ^ Iyad el-Baghdadi: The Arab Spring Manifesto
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