Thor Halvorssen (human rights activist)

For Halvorssen's father, see Thor Halvorssen Hellum.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Halvorssen and the second or maternal family name is Mendoza.
Thor Halvorssen
Halvorssen in 2018
Born
Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza

(1976-03-09) March 9, 1976 (age 48)
Venezuela
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, MA)
Organization(s)Human Rights Foundation (Founder and CEO)
Oslo Freedom Forum (Founder)

Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza (born 1976;[1][2] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtoɾ (x)alˈβoɾsen])[a] is a Venezuelan 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 as to promote freedom against authoritarian regimes. Halvorssen bought the Norwegian news magazine Ny Tid in May 2010.[3]

Halvorssen has appeared on television outlets such as Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes, MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and CNN. He was a speaker at TEDx at the University of Pennsylvania in October 2010.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT07 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Rosett, Claudia (May 7, 2010). "Revaluing Freedom: Oslo Forum aims to become the Davos of human rights". Forbes.
  3. ^ "Global Solidarity in Action: New owners of Ny Tid". Ny Tid. May 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "TEDxPenn exceeded expectations". Thedp.com. 2010-10-04. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2014-05-24.