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• You're Being Hacked | May 29, 2013 | Michael Moynihan's cover article in Newsweek on hacking covers the malware discovered at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Unusual suspects | May 25, 2013 | The print edition of The Economist mentions government spyware discovered on the laptop of an activist at OFF.
• Is This The Face Of A New Global Human Rights Movement? | May 22, 2013 | Rosie Gray's profile of Thor Halvorssen and the Oslo Freedom Forum in Buzzfeed Politics.
• The Atlantic at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum | May 22, 2013 | The Atlantic profiles cyber-dissidents, Tibetan prime minister Lobsang Sangay, Egyptian activist Soraya Bahgat, and Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Cartoons that scare Syria's leader | May 21, 2013 | CNN's John Sutter interviews Syrian cartoonist and Havel Prize laureate Ali Ferzat at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Ali Ferzat’s Sarcastic Revolution | May 19, 2013 | Syria Deeply's profile of Ali Ferzat at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Islam, the internet and privacy | May 16, 2013 | The Economist on the discussion about Islam and internet freedom at OFF.
• Oslo Journal | May 16, 2013 | Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII of Jay Nordlinger's profile of 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum in the National Review.
• New Mac spyware found in the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 16, 2013 | An article in the online tech publication CNET on the new form of spyware found on Angolan dissident Rafael Marques de Morais' computer at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• After Two Years In Hiding, A Bahraini Blogger Escapes | May 15, 2013 | Andy Carvin in NPR about blogger Ali Abdulemam's escape from Bahrain.
• Liberaleren at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum | May 15, 2013 | Norwegian newspaper Liberaleren covers the Havel Prize, the Foreign Minister's presentation, the press conference, and Bjørn Ihler's defense of the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Crackdown on Afro-Cubans destroys myth of racial equality | May 15, 2013 | Jon Perdue's article on Berta Soler and the Ladies in White in the Miami Herald.
• Egyptian activist address Oslo Freedom Forum | May 14, 2013 | Daily News Egypt's profile of Egyptian activist Soraya Bahgat's participation in the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Provoking Pyongyang, and Seoul: South Korea also needs to hear Park Sang Hak's message | May 14, 2013 | The Wall Street Journal's profile of Havel Prize laureate Park Sang Hak's work in North Korea.
• International Business Times at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum | May 14, 2013 | The International Business Times profiles Bill Browder and Chen Guangcheng at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Chen Guangcheng: Chinese Government “In A State Of Madness" | May 14, 2013 | Rosie Gray interviews Chen Guangcheng for Buzzfeed Politics at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• El 'Davos de los revolucionarios' | May 13, 2013 | Spanish newspaper El Mundo profiles the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Fleeing Bahrain: A blogger's desperate escape | May 13, 2013 | Christiane Amanpour interviews blogger Ali Abdulemam and OFF founder Thor Halvorssen about Ali's desperate escape from Bahrain just weeks before the start of the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Julio Borges presentará ponencia en Oslo sobre la democracia y los DD HH en Venezuela | May 12, 2013 | Noticias 24 announces the participation of Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Julio Borges at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Budbringere i livsfare | May 11, 2013 | Norwegian cartoonist Roar Hagen's cartoons accompany a profile of three 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum speakers in Verdens Gang.
• North Korea Activist Wins Human Rights Award | May 6, 2013 | The Wall Street Journal on the awarding of the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent to North Korean dissident Park Sang Hak.
• Oslo Freedom Forum brings together the global human rights movement | May 14, 2012 | A piece by David Rowan in Wired about 30 things he learned at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum. Rowan's words: "I'm fortunate to get to attend a good number of first-rate conferences -- but I've never spent time among such an inspiring community as I did last week for three days in Oslo."
• Oslo Journal | May 14, 2012 | Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV, of Jay Nordlinger's profile of the 2012 Freedom Forum for the National Review Online.
• Human Rights vs Human Monsters in Norway | May 14, 2012 | Jonathan Foreman's profile of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum for the Huffington Post.
• Woman Driver | May 14, 2012 | A post by Jay Nordlinger on Manal al-Sharif and her presentation at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum 2012 | May 14, 2012 | Mazyar Keshvari's article on the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• A Prize for Creative Dissent | May 13, 2012 | The Wall Street Journal profiles the recipients of the Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent.
• The sword and the word | May 12, 2012 | The Economist mentions the Oslo Freedom Forum 2012: "In campaigns for freedom and justice in the Middle East, Sunni-Shia distinctions can melt away. “We are all part of the same struggle," says Maryam al-Khawaja, an activist from Bahrain’s aggrieved Shia majority. She co-starred this week with Sunnis like Manal al-Sharif, a Saudi woman detained for defying that country’s ban on women driving, at the Oslo Freedom Forum, a lively get-together for foes of state oppression."
• Autocrats step in as the west's money runs out | May 12, 2012 | A profile by The Guardian's Nick Cohen on the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum: "a Davos for revolutionaries."
• Internet Ties People Together | May 12, 2012 | Column and cartoon in Norway's Verdens Gang on Manal al-Sharif's story told at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Censoring Naomi Riley | May 12, 2012 | John Fund's story on Naomi Riley and the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Selling girls as domestic servants | May 12, 2012 | Urmila Chaudhary speaks about the practice of slavery in Nepal with NRK in Norway.
• Oslo Scholars Program | May 12, 2012 | Selected posts from the Oslo Scholars Program about issues pertaining to the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum: The Davos For Do-Gooding Dissidents | May 11, 2012 | Eli Lake in The Daily Beast/Newsweek's profile of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum: "High-profile summits aren’t just for glitzy politicians and jetsetters anymore. Activists, journalists, artists and dissidents meet in Oslo to share revolutionary ideas. "
• International community worried about human rights situation in Venezuela | May 11, 2012 | Article in Venezuela's El Universal on human rights in Venezuela showcased by the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Venezuelan denials of human rights abuses alarm international community | May 11, 2012 | A profile of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum by Venezuela's Globovision.
• Eight minutes behind the wheel created a media star | May 11, 2012 | An article from Denmark's Politiken on Manal al-Sharif and the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum Review | May 10, 2012 | A review of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum by Nelson Bocaranda in Venezuela's El Universal.
• Spring has not yet reached Saudi Arabia | May 10, 2012 | A profile on the Havel Prize for Creative Dissent recipient Manal al-Sharif in Norway's Aftenposten.
• He will stun Putin | May 10, 2012 | A story on Pytor Verzilov and the Russian opposition movement by Norway's Aftenposten.
• The internet and change in Saudi Arabia | May 10, 2012 | A profile of Saudi Arabian blogger Ahmed Al-Omran from Dagavisen.
• What is the greatest threat to human freedom and dignity today? | May 10, 2012 | A profile on Maryam al-Khawaja and Bahrain from Morgenbladet.
• Prince of Freedom | May 10, 2012 | A profile of Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen from Morgenbladet in Norway.
• Thor Halvorssen, Founder of Oslo Freedom Forum | May 10, 2012 | A video interview with Thor Halvorssen at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Garry Kasparov, Chairman of Human Rights Foundation | May 10, 2012 | A video interview with HRF Chairman Garry Kasparov.
• "Saudi Arabian women are arrested for this in their home country" | May 9, 2012 | A piece in Norway's Aftenposten about 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Manal al-Sharif and her campaign for a woman's right to drive in Saudi Arabia.
• A gloomy press outlook for Latin America | May 9, 2012 | A report in Radio Marti from the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum on the future of freedom of the press in Latin America.
• The Foreign Ministry will still participate in the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 9, 2012 | Norway publication Aftenposten reports on the Foreign Ministry's last-minute decision to participate in the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Norway can contribute | May 9, 2012 | An op ed by Tutu Alicante on oil and Equatorial Guinea published in Norway's Aftenposten.
• The long road towards the light | May 9, 2012 | A profile on the Arab Spring speakers at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum in Dagavisen Magazine.
• Sold as a sex slave by her grandfather | May 9, 2012 | Somaly Mam speaks about slavery with NRK in Norway.
• Combined Action of Chen Guangcheng | May 9, 2012 | Coverage of a joint protest between Amnesty International in Norway and participants in the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum in support of Chen Guangcheng.
• "Today there are fewer free countries in the world than there were 5 years ago" | May 8, 2012 | A profile of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum in Argentina's Clarin.
• An Interview with Tutu Alicante | May 8, 2012 | An interview by Colombia's Semana with Tutu Alicante, a speaker at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• The euphoria is gone, but something is going on | May 8, 2012 | A profile of the participants from Arab Spring nations at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum by Norway's Aftenposten.
• Slavery lives | May 8, 2012 | A story in Aftenposten by Ulf Andenæs on the prevalence of modern slavery in the world today.
• OFF: In a different light | May 8, 2012 | A collection of articles about the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum from Liberaleren in Norway.
• Annan's plan is unrealistic: War is only solution | May 8, 2012 | Ausama Monajed speaks on Syria with NRK in Norway.
• Those Who Know Evil | May 7, 2012 | Hanne Skartveit's column about the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway's biggest newspaper, Verdens Gang (VG).
• An Interview with Nelson Bocaranda | May 7, 2012 | An interview with Venezuelan journalist Nelson Bocaranda in Colombia's Semana on the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum | May 7, 2012 | Norway's Aftenposten's profile of the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• UN observers are doomed to fail | May 7, 2012 | A story on Ausama Monajed and the situation in Syria by Norway's Aftenposten.
• Urmila was a slave as a six year old | May 7, 2012 | A profile by Dagbladet in Norway on Urmila Chaudhary and Nepalese slavery.
• Mr. Right | May 5, 2012 | Profile by Norweigan publication Dagens Næringsliv on Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen: the "James Bond" of human rights.
• The Myth of Singapore | May 3, 2012 | Dr. Chee Soon Juan writes for the World Policy Blog on life in Singapore and why he was banned from traveling to speak at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Foreign Minister Støre Responds to Chee Ban | May 2, 2012 | An article in Aftenposten about Norway's ambassador to Singapore responding to the travel ban on Dr. Chee Soon Juan to attend the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Quotes from the Norweigan Foreign Minister | April 26, 2012 | Quotes from Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Russia and Singapore.
• Banned from attending the peace conference in Norway | April 25, 2012 | An article in Aftenposten about the ban on Dr. Chee Soon Juan to attend the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Singapore government prevents Chee Soon Juan from traveling to the Oslo Freedom Forum | April 24, 2012 | Singapore's competitive authoritarian regime has placed a travel ban on opposition leader Chee Soon Juan, preventing him from visiting Norway for the Oslo Freedom Forum. The Human Rights Foundation has published an open letter, asking Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to lift the ban. Yahoo! Singapore reports on the story here.
• Group urges Singapore to life opposition travel ban | April 24, 2012 | Story by the Associated Press on the Human Rights Foundation's campaign to life the travel ban on Dr. Chee Soon Juan.
• Human Rights without Borders | April 19, 2012 | John Fund for The American Spectator on the Oslo Freedom Forum's uniquely nonpartisan approach to human rights
• Singapore is not so clean, Mr Murdoch | March 29, 2012 | 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Chee Soon Juan featured in the Guardian
• Slavery's Last Stronghold | March 19, 2012 | Amazing profile on Mauritania's abolitionist and 2009 Oslo Freedom Speaker Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane.
• Cuba's Shame | March 12, 2012 | Article by 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Jacob Mchangama on Cuba's regime that opresses and humiliates.
• Human Rights Abuses in China Addressed | March 12, 2012 | Oslo Freedom Forum 2011 speakers Yang Jianil and Zoya Phan will address human rights abuses in China and Burma at tomorrow's Geneva Summit
• Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for Freedom | March 7, 2012 | 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Maryam Al-Khawaja's father current hunger strike is longer than any ever attempted by Mahatma Gandhi. Click here to take action to support Abdulhadi.
• “HRF's Oslo Freedom Forum Interview with Imprisoned Monk Thich Quang Do" | March 6, 2012 | Watch the video taken covertly inside Vietnam.
• “Uganda minister shuts down gay rights conference" | February 15, 2012 | Simon Lokodo, the minister for ethics and integrity called a gay rights conference an “illegal assembly" and tried to get the 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker as well as a prominent activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera arrested but she fled before he could.
• “Sopa, Sinde y el cable de fibra optica" | February 14, 2012 | article by Yoani Sanchez, a Cuban blogger and an Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker on SOPA featured in “El Pais."
• Ales Bialiatski nominated for Nobel Peace Prize | February 8, 2012 | Slovakia’s Prime Minister Iveta Radicova has nominated Ales Bialiatski, a Belarusian human rights and political activist as well as an Oslo Freedom Forum 2009 speaker, for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
• “If I ruled the world: Garry Kasparov" | January 25, 2012 | Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Gary Kasparov shares his thoughts on what he would do if he ruled the world.
• Oslo Freedom Forum speaker wins Geuzenpenning award. | January 6, 2012 | Gregory Shvedov, Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker wins Geuzenpenning a major Dutch human rights award for his advocacy in Russia and former soviet republics.
• “Tyrants and Technology: How Western Mercantilism Leads to Censorship and Disappearances" | December 29, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen profiled in Forbes. The article draws on how leading information, communications, and technology (ICT) companies have enabled repressive governments to dramatically improve their surveillance and intelligence capabilities as well as control the flow of information from the outside world. Click here for the spanish article in "La Semana."
• “North Korea: Behind the Veil" | December 21, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen profiled in Huffington Post. The article features three important talks given at the Oslo Freedom Forum, which take one behind the North Korean regime's repressive curtain.
• HRF in Mourning for its Departed Chairman—"Truth and love must prevail over lies and hate" | December 18, 2011 | The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) joins the millions who note with great sadness the passing this morning of Václav Havel, the Czech leader, playwright, poet, former political prisoner, and human rights activist. Havel, 75, was chairman of HRF’s Board of Directors and International Council. For more details check HRF release
• "Everyone should learn from Leymah Gbowee" | December 10, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen profiled in Norway's Aftenposten on 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee.
• Lina Ben Mhenni profiled in The New York Times | October 12, 2011 | 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and Tunisian activist Lina Ben Mhenni is profiled as "a blogger at Arab Spring's genesis" in The New York Times.
• Leymah Gbowee wins Nobel Peace Prize | October 7, 2011 | Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karaman. Watch Gbowee's presentation at the 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum here.
• Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee profiled in TIME | October 7, 2011 | 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee is profiled in TIME. The article draws from her 2011 OFF speech, where she tells the world "the road to freedom is long, the cost of freedom is high, and the fight for freedom is not for the fainthearted and the pessimists."
• Oslo Freedom Forum speakers urge reform of United Nations | September 30, 2011 | Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer, Chinese dissident Yang Jianli, and Ugandan activist Kasha Jacqueline are among the Oslo Freedom Forum speakers urging the UN to expel dictatorships from its human rights and women's rights bodies.
• Inter-American Court rules in favor of Leopoldo Lopez | September 28, 2011 | The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling that enables 2009 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Leopoldo Lopez to run for the Venezuelan presidency. The Venezuelan government has banned Lopez from running since 2008. El Nacional reports on how dozens of international authorities are pushing Venezuela to abide by the IACHR's decision here.
• Park Sang-hak assassination plot foiled | September 17, 2011 | South Korean officials foiled a plot by the North Korean government to assassinate 2009 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Park Sang-hak. Read the full story in the UK's Independent here.
• How to Defeat a Dictator, published in Colombia | August 18, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen interviewed 2011 speaker George Ayittey at this year's conference on "How to Defeat a Dictator." Their discussion has now been published in the Colombian media outlet Semana, and can be read here. Shortly thereafter, Halvorssen and Ayittey appeared on NTN 24, a Colombian television program, to further explore their interview. You can hear their discussion here.
• Ales Bialiatski arrested in Belarus. | August 4, 2011 | Belarusian rights activist and 2009 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Ales Bialiatski was arrested by the Lukashenko regime on August 4. Many international organizations and the U.S. State Dept have called for his immediate and unconditional release. Read more here.
• Maryam al-Khawaja profiled in The Atlantic | June 29, 2011 | Bahraini activist Maryam al-Khawaja was profiled in The Atlantic by Karen Leigh. The two met at the 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum.
• How to Defeat A Dictator | June 24, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder interviews 2011 speaker George Ayittey on "How to Defeat a Dictator" at this year's conference.
• Peter Thiel on why he supports the Oslo Freedom Forum | June 20, 2011 | Paypal creator and Facebook angel investor Peter Thiel explains why he's supporting the Oslo Freedom Forum in this interview with The Street
• David Andelman writes about the Forum in the World Policy Journal | June 14, 2011 | David Andelman, editor of the World Policy Journal, writes about the precarious situation of Gaddafi's Libya and the concept of "competitive authoritarianism," the thesis of Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Steven Levitsky.
• James Fallon on the mind of a dictator | June 9, 2011 | Neurobiologist James Fallon elaborates on his Oslo Freedom Forum talk on the Mind of a Dictator in an article for Psychology Today.
• Rape is Public Policy in Pakistan | June 3, 2011 | Thor Halvorssen and Pedro Pizano recount the harrowing story of 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and Pakistani rights activist Mukthar Mai in this Huffington Post column.
• El Espectador profiles Alejandro Toledo | June 1, 2011 | Colombia's El Espectador publishes an article drawing on El Pais's interview with Alejandro Toledo at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• El Pais interviews and profiles Alejandro Toledo at the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 28, 2011 | El Pais, Spain's largest newspaper, discusses Peru's democratic process after an interview with Alejandro Toledo at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Fernão Lara Mesquita reflects on the Oslo Freedom Forum in O Estado | May 21, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Fernão Lara Mesquita reflects on his Oslo experience in O Estado de S. Paulo, one of Brazil's leading papers.
• PR Mercenaries and their Dictator Masters | May 19, 2011 | Thor Halvorssen exposes the immoral work of PR firms that aid dictatorships like the Bahraini regime, and shows how they are hired to "disappear" rights activists such as 2011 speaker Maryam al-Khawaja and 2011 invitee Ali Abdulemam.
• Jay Nordlinger's Oslo Journal on NRO | May 19, 2011 | National Review senior editor Jay Nordlinger shares his comprehensive account of the Oslo Freedom Forum in seven parts - find them all here: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII.
• Sudanese Thinker reflects on the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 18, 2011 | Leading Sudanese blogger Amir Ahmad Nasr talks about why the Oslo Freedom Forum is the first event at which he gave a speech using his true identity, and discusses his participation at the conference.
• Shabana Rehman on the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 16, 2011 | Writing in Aftenposten, Shabana Rehman celebrates the Oslo Freedom Forum as a gathering of world whistleblowers.
• Svenska Dagbladet: An interview with Shirin Ebadi in Oslo | May 16, 2011 | Claes Arvidsson, SvD's foreign editor, interviews the Iranian Nobel Laureate at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Aftenposten - a reflection on human rights and hypocrisy | May 15, 2011 | Shoaib Sultan asks the readers of Aftenposten if they are ready to leave hypocrisy behind in the discussion on human rights.
• Argentina's Clarin on the Oslo Freedom Forum and its speakers | May 13, 2011 | Argentina's biggest paper profiles several Oslo Freedom Forum speakers, including neuroscientist James Fallon and Burmese activist Zoya Phan.
• The Economist profiles the Oslo Freedom Forum's remarkable speakers | May 12, 2011 | Calling the conference a "glittering gathering," The Economist highlights the struggles of its speakers from Tunisia, Jamaica, Malawi, South Africa, and more.
• The Advocate profiles Busi Kheswa: The Stain on the Rainbow Nation | May 11, 2011 | The world's premier LGBT monthly publishes Busi Kheswa's speech from the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet: There is a Future Beyond Dictatorship | May 11, 2011 | SvD's foreign editor profiles the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• El Pais: Wael Ghonim triumphs in Oslo | May 11, 2011 | Spain's biggest newspaper celebrates the Oslo Freedom Forum's Dawn of a New Arab World panel and its participants.
• The Washington Post and Alejandro Toledo at the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 11, 2011 | Jackson Diehl meets former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo at the Oslo Freedom Forum and interviews him on Peru's upcoming elections and the fabric of that country's democracy.
• Sohrab Ahmari on Ahmed Benchemsi, Maryam al-Khawaja, and Shirin Ebadi | May 10, 2011 | Reporting for the Weekly Standard, Sohrab Ahmari profiles Oslo Freedom Forum speakers from Morocco, Bahrain, and Iran.
• Tunisian activist Lina Ben Mhenni blogs about her Oslo experience | May 10, 2011 | Lina Ben Mhenni shares her Freedom Forum speech on her influential blog, A Tunisian Girl.
• George Ayittey in Aftenposten: How to Defeat a Dictator | May 9, 2011 | Ghanaian economist George Ayittey publishes his Oslo Freedom Forum speech in Norway's leading paper.
• Aftenposten: Ghazi Gheblawi and intervention in Libya | May 9, 2011 | The leading Norwegian paper interviews Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Ghazi Gheblawi on today's foreign intervention in Libya.
• Colombia's El Semana profiles Oslo Freedom Forum | May 9, 2011 | Leading Colombian magazine El Semana interviews Thor Halvorssen on human rights and more.
• Austria's Die Presse on the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 9, 2011 | A leading Austrian paper, Die Presse profiles the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Wan Yanhai talks about his experience in Oslo | May 9, 2011 | On the Voice of America Chinese blog, 2011 speaker Wan Yanhai talks about his experience at the Oslo Freedom Forum, focusing on his discussion on democracy with a Chinese tour group.
• 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum to Extend Global Impact | May 6, 2011 | The Wall Street Journal highlights the 2011 Oslo Freedom in its weekly Ideas Calendar as one of the top four events of the week.
• Yoani Sanchez wins Freedom Prize | May 5, 2011 | 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez won this year's CEPOS Freedom Prize, but was forbidden by her government from traveling to Denmark to receive the award. Thor Halvorssen shares the whole story in this Huffington Post column.
• A Royal Wedding Divorced of Human Rights Concerns; Dictators Will Eat Wedding Cake | April 28, 2011 | Oslo Freedom Forum president and CEO, Thor Halvorssen, condemns the British Royal Family for inviting representatives from regimes with some of the world's worst human rights records to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding here.
• Belarus, Assaulted | February 7, 2011 | Jay Nordlinger draws on contacts made at the Oslo Freedom Forum for his latest article on Belarus in The National Review.
• An interview with Congressmen Smith and Wu on Hu Jintao | January 19, 2011 | Read our interview with Congressmen Smith and Wu here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum speaker wins Geuzenpenning award. | January 6, 2011 | Gregory Shvedov, Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker wins Geuzenpenning a major Dutch human rights award for his advocacy in Russia and former soviet republics.
• Oslo Freedom Forum speaker wins Geuzenpenning award. | January 6, 2011 | Gregory Shvedov, Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker wins Geuzenpenning a major Dutch human rights award for his advocacy in Russia and former soviet republics.
• Truth will Outweigh the Chinese Dictatorship | December 23, 2010 | Read why Liu Xiaobo's Freedom is the Test.
• Fire in Oslo Over Liu's Nobel Peace Prize | December 10, 2010 | Beijing campaigns aggressively against Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and convinces many to join up on its side against the imprisoned human rights defender.
• United Nations: It's Okay to Kill the Gay | November 23, 2010 | Read Thor Halvorssen in The Huffington Post on a recent UN vote that endangers sexual minorities.
• Starving for Food, Thirsting for Freedom | November 16, 2010 | Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen in The Huffington Post on why human rights are essential for effective development efforts.
• China's bullying over Liu Xiaobo | November 5, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum quoted in the LA Times on China's diplomatic bullying over Liu Xiaobo's upcoming Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
• Human Rights Defender wins Nobel Peace Prize | October 8, 2010 | Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Read Thor Halvorssen on why human rights was the big winner of this selection.
• Thor Halvorssen on the meaning of Venezuela's election results | September 30, 2010 | Conference founder Thor Halvorssen discusses Venezuela's recent election on The Huffington Post.
• Conference organizers speak out about backroom U.N. diplomacy | September 25, 2010 | Thor Halvorssen and S.E. Parker on renovating the rules of U.N. backroom diplomacy in The Huffington Post
• Thor Halvorssen on Moscow's Shadow War | September 20, 2010 | Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen in The Huffington Post on Chechnya and Moscow's Shadow War in Poland.
• Thor Halvorssen on Cuba's Ladies Courageous | September 2, 2010 | Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen on Cuban civil society leaders the "Ladies in White" in The Huffington Post - watch the Human Rights Foundation's exclusive interview with the Damas de Blanco here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum organizers speak out on Taiwan | August 17, 2010 | Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein report from a recent trip to Taiwan and explain in The Huffington Post how, when it comes to human rights, the island's leadership has failed to learn from its own history.
• Thor Halvorssen in The Huffington Post | August 3, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen in The Huffington Post on Venezuela's disastrous food policy.
• Christopher Hitchens quotes Thor Halvorssen on Venezuela | August 2, 2010 | Christopher Hitchens quotes Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen in a Slate essay on Chávez.
• Thor Halvorssen in the Washington Post | July 25, 2010 | Read Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen in The Washington Post on the necromancing of Hugo Chávez.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in Malaysia Today | July 20, 2010 | "Malaysia's Bridge is Falling Down" gets picked up by Malaysia Today with Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein as guest columnists.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in The Huffington Post on Malaysia | July 19, 2010 | Read Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein in The Huffington Post on why Malaysia's Bridge is Falling Down.
• Venezuela's Animal Farm | July 6, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen describes in The Huffington Post how Diego Arria had his farm in Venezuela confiscated after speaking at the 2010 conference.
• Oslo Freedom Forum's founder speaks in Taiwan | June 24, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen spoke today at Taipei's 6th annual East Asia NGO Forum on the importance of promoting human rights as a core part of international development and humanitarian aid work.
• More Oslo videos on TED Fellows | June 16, 2010 | Estonia's Mart Laar, Venezuela's Leopoldo López, Pakistan's Mukhtar Mai, Liberia's Samuel Kofi Woods, and Chechnya's Lidia Yusupova all have their video featured at TED Fellows.
• Knight Center for Journalism on Oslo Freedom Forum | June 2, 2010 | University of Texas at Austin's Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas blogs about RCTV director and free speech advocate Marcel Granier's presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• The Economist weighs in on the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 27, 2010 | "A spectacular human-rights festival...on its way to becoming a human rights equivalent of the Davos economic forum" - more here.
• Signing OFF on Human Rights | May 26, 2010 | Jonathan Foreman tells us about Kasha Jacqueline, Mukthar Mai, Rebiya Kadeer, Lubna al-Hussein, and much more in his Oslo Freedom Forum dispatch for Standpoint Magazine.
• Yoani Sánchez on Current TV | May 24, 2010 | Current TV has posted the Oslo Freedom Forum's interview with Yoani Sánchez - watch it here.
• Another round of Oslo Freedom Forum videos at TEDFellows | May 24, 2010 | Sima Samar, Armando Valladares, Lubna al-Hussein, Yoani Sánchez, Diego Arria, and Lech Walesa have all been posted to TED Fellows.
• Mona Eltahawy on Confronting Tyrants | May 20, 2010 | Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy shares her perspective on the Oslo Freedom Forum here in an article for The Jerusalem Report.
• Lubna al-Hussein's speech posted at WorldPulse | May 20, 2010 | Sudanese reformer Lubna al-Hussein posts her Oslo Freedom Forum speech at WorldPulse, a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women.
• Sweden's EU-Minister speaks at the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 18, 2010 | Sweden's Minister for EU Affairs, Birgitta Ohlsson, posts her Oslo Freedom Forum speech on maternal health, feminism, courage, education, and freedom.
• Lech Walesa's video up at TEDFellows | May 17, 2010 | TEDFellows posts our video of Nobel Laureate and first Polish president Lech Walesa giving the closing speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2010. Walesa touches on themes of solidarity, globalization, and the art of the possible.
• Oslo Freedom Forum sets the stage for a WikiLeaks interview | May 16, 2010 | Mark Davis of SBS Dateline Australia interviews WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in The Huffington Post on a new kind of children's peace movement | May 14, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum founder Thor Halvorssen writes about A Different Kind of Army - Centipede, a unique peace movement in the Czech republic that empowers children to help disadvantaged children around the globe.
• Five more talks up at TEDFellows | May 14, 2010 | Five more Oslo Freedom Forum videos are up at TEDFellows - Garry Kasparov, Marina Nemat, Julian Assange, Benjamin Skinner, and Marcel Granier.
• Four Oslo Freedom Forum videos up at TEDFellows Blog | May 13, 2010 | Fascinating talks from Anwar Ibrahim, Kasha Jacqueline, Rebiya Kadeer, and Thich Quang Do are now up at TEDFellows.
• Veteran dissident’s smuggled message demands democracy for Vietnam | May 13, 2010 | Democracy Digest reports on the production of Oslo Freedom Forum's interview with The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do.
• CNN on Oslo Freedom Forum and Vietnam Human Rights Day | May 11, 2010 | CNN's iReport has the details on a congressional ceremony on Capitol Hill today where the Oslo Freedom Forum's rare interview with Thich Quang Do was screened to an audience of senators, congressmen, and global human rights leaders.
• Diego Arria discusses the Oslo Freedom Forum on CNN | May 11, 2010 | Diego Arria appears on CNN to discuss how the Venezuelan government seized his property after his speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• The New York Times on the seizure of Diego Arria's property | May 10, 2010 | The New York Times picks up the story of Diego Arria's property being seized after his remarks at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Shabana Rehman interview on Oslo Freedom Forum | May 10, 2010 | Norwegian-Pakistani journalist Shabana Rehman interviews Thor Halvorssen, founder of the Oslo Freedom Forum, in Aftenposten.
• Diego Arria's farm seized in Venezuela | May 9, 2010 | The Guardian reports on Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and former assistant secretary general of the United Nations Diego Arria, as his farm is seized in Venezuela.
• Revaluing Freedom | May 7, 2010 | Claudia Rosett shares her perspective on the Oslo Freedom Forum at Forbes.
• Bukovsky, Medvedev, and the exile Chechens | May 7, 2010 | Michael C. Moynihan's notes from the Oslo Freedom Forum at Reason.
• Sophal Ear and the Oslo Freedom Forum on TED Fellows | May 7, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Sophal Ear writes about his experience over at TED Fellows.
• News from Poland on Lech Walesa's visit to Oslo | May 6, 2010 | Reporting from Poland on former Polish president and Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa's participation in the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Yemen's Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani and Press Freedom | May 6, 2010 | Jane Novak writes about Oslo Freedom Forum speaker and courageous Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani.
• Rafto Laureates at Oslo Freedom Forum | May 6, 2010 | The Rafto Foundation reports on the participation of Rebiya Kadeer and Lidia Yusupova, both Rafto Prize winners, in the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Alvaro Vargas Llosa on the Oslo Freedom Forum | May 5, 2010 | Alvaro Vargas Llosa comments on the Oslo Freedom Forum in his Real Clear Politics article License to Oppress.
• Kasparov and Human Rights in Oslo | May 5, 2010 | ChessBase has posted a wide range of articles, interviews, and reporting on Garry Kasparov's participation in the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Oslo Freedom Forum endorsed by Aftenposten | April 30, 2010 | Norway's most internationally respected newspaper endorses and discusses the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Reason's Michael C. Moynihan from the Oslo Freedom Forum | April 29, 2010 | Michael C. Moynihan shares his thoughts on "Another Awesome Week for Free Speech" for Reason from the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Former Romanian President issues Medal to Oslo Freedom Forum | April 29, 2010 | Former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu awarded a Presidential Medal to Thor Halvorssen, founder of the Oslo Freedom Forum. The medal is a freedom prize issued order to commemorate the downfall of the dictatorship in Romania.
• ‘Those Who Choose to be Dictators Will Fail’, Liberian Minister tells Oslo Freedom Forum | April 28, 2010 | Liberian Minister of Labor Samuel Kofi Woods's speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum is covered by Front Page Africa here.
• Al Jazeera discusses the Oslo Freedom Forum with its founders | April 28, 2010 | Riz Khan discusses human rights and progress in an interview with Thor Halvorssen and Sarah, Duchess of York, in an interview with Al Jazeera.
• James Kirchick on the Battle of the Flags in Oslo | April 27, 2010 | Writing for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, James Kirchick examines the encounter between the Russian president and leading Russian human rights defenders at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
• Sarah, Duchess of York's Oslo Freedom Forum speech at The Daily Beast | April 26, 2010 | Sarah, Duchess of York calls for governments to prioritize children's rights at The Daily Beast.
• Medvedev vs. Human Rights Defenders in The Associated Press | April 26, 2010 | The Associated Press covers the confrontation between on one hand human rights defenders Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Bukovsky, and Lidia Yusupova and on the other Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Business Week.
• Duchess Sarah on the Oslo Freedom Forum on CNN's Connect the World | April 26, 2010 | Sarah, Duchess of York's participation at the Oslo Freedom Forum is featured on CNN's Connect the World.
• Jay Nordlinger's Oslo Freedom Forum Journal | April 26, 2010 | The National Review's Jay Nordlinger covers the Oslo Freedom Forum in his journal at the Corner - Part I here, Part II here, Part III here, Part IV here, Part V here, Part VI here, and notes on his discussion with Nobel Laureate and former president of Poland Lech Walesa here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum participant on reform in the Middle East | April 23, 2010 | Oslo Freedom Forum participant Nasser Weddady discusses why Arab and Iranian reformers should unite at PBS's Frontline.
• The Noble Purpose of of a Vietnamese Monk | April 21, 2010 | Read Thor Halvorssen's Huffington Post account of his recent visit to Thich Quang Do here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in The Huffington Post | April 9, 2010 | Read Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein on why Tyrants Shouldn't Dictate Human Rights Policy here.
• Marina Nemat in The Huffington Post | April 6, 2010 | Marina Nemat, one of the Oslo Freedom Forum 2010's speakers, writes about political prisoners in Tehran here.
• Sophal Ear in the The New York Times | March 17, 2010 | Sophal Ear, an Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker, on Khmer Rouge Tribunal vs. Karmic Justice here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in Ny Tid | March 15, 2010 | Read the Ny Tid article on the Oslo Freedom Forum 2010. View PDF
• 2010 Speaker Biographies | March 15, 2010 | Download a full set of biographies covering our 2010 speakers. View PDF
• Anwar Ibrahim in The Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2010 | Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's opposition leader and Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 speaker, discusses why Muslims Have No Monopoly Over 'Allah' here.
• Oslo Freedom Forum in The Wall Street Journal | June 5, 2009 | Read the Wall Street Journal report on the Oslo Freedom Forum 2009. View PDF
• Oslo Freedom Forum 2009 Videos | May 18, 2009 | Watch all video presentations from the Oslo Freedom Forum 2009 here.
• Blogger Emerges From Hiding After Fleeing Bahrain | | The New York Times' post on 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Ali Abdulemam.
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