NED joins more than two dozen organizations in issuing a joint statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners, calling for the release of those unjustly detained for exercising their fundamental rights and freedoms. 

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) congratulates Board Member Roxanne Brown on her election as President of the United Steelworkers (USW). 

María Corina Machado receives the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work in promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and her efforts to achieve a just and peaceful transition from authoritarianism.  

At IRI’s 2025 Religious Freedom Conference, NED President and CEO Damon Wilson warned of the CCP’s escalating repression of religious communities and called on democracies to stand in solidarity with those persecuted for their faith.

October 6, 2025 — A fabricated document presented as a memorandum from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) recently appeared on social media in the Philippines. The document, which uses NED’s logo and letterhead, is a forgery. It...