Thor Halvorssen (human rights activist)
Thor Halvorssen | |
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Halvorssen in 2018 | |
| Born | Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza March 9, 1976 |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA, MA) |
| Organization(s) | Human Rights Foundation (Founder and CEO) Oslo Freedom Forum (Founder) |
| Parent(s) | Thor Halvorssen Hellum Hilda Mendoza Coburn |
| Family | Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa (grandfather) Eugenio Mendoza (great uncle) José Antonio Velutini (great-great-uncle) Leopoldo López (cousin) Luis Emilio Velutini (third half cousin) Juan Liscano (fifth cousin) |
Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza (born 1976; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtoɾ (x)alˈβoɾsen])[a] is a Venezuelan-born human rights advocate and film producer with contributions in the field of public policy.
Halvorssen is founder of the annual Oslo Freedom Forum and president of the Human Rights Foundation, an organization that states their mission is to promote freedom in authoritarian regimes. Halvorssen bought the Norwegian news magazine Ny Tid in May 2010.
Halvorssen has appeared on television outlets such as Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CNN. He was a speaker at TEDx at the University of Pennsylvania in October 2010.