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APRIL 21
2011
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Top Stories
• Foreign Policies of Emerging-Market Democracies. more
• Morozov on liberation technology and repression. more 
• Nadia Diuk on the trial of Ukraine's Kuchma. more
Democracy Spotlight
Samantha Power

Foreign Policies of Emerging-Market Democracies: What Role for Democracy and Human Rights?

On April 14-15, NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies and the Brookings Institution convened an international conference on "Foreign Policies of Emerging- Market Democracies: What Role for Human Rights and Democracy?"

Looking at India, South Korea, South Africa, Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia, participants focused on the impact of their foreign policy goals on the advancement of democracy and human rights. Samantha Power, special advisor to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council, was the keynote speaker. more 

News & Events

  

Journal of Democracy, April 2011New Journal of Democracy
The April 2011 issue features an article by Evgeny Morozov examining the future of internet  repression. Other articles focus on Brazil after Lula, Kenya's new constitution and more. more 
 
Le Quoc QuanVietnam
Democracy activist and former Reagan-Fascell Fellow Le Quoc Quan was released by the Vietnamese government after nine days of illegal detention. He was arrested while standing peaceably outside a Hanoi court as prominent legal advocate Cu Huy Ha Vu was sentenced to seven years in prisonmore    
 
Parliamentary Forum Takes Shape
NED leaders participated at the most recent meeting of the Parliamentary Forum, a promising new association of current and former parliamentarians who advocate for democratic reform around the world. Forum members pledged their support to Arab democrats at their April meeting in Brussels. more
  
Ukraine
NED Vice President Nadia Duik wrote on the upcoming trial of Ukraine's former President, Leonid Kuchma, in "Cold Case" on ForeignPolicy.com. more  
  
Chechnya
NED Director for Eurasia and Russia Miriam Lanskoy testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on "Human Rights in the North Caucasus." more  
  
Somaliland
Mohamoud Abdi Jama, editor of Waaheen Newspapers (which are affiliated with NED grantee Institute for Practical Research and Training in Somaliland), is the 2011 recipient of the CNN African Freedom of the Press Award (see link for "Multichoice African Journalists 2011 Finalists Announced"). more  
  
Côte d'Ivoire 
NED Program Officer Dominique Dieudonné discussed recent events in Côte d'Ivoire on PBS NewsHourmore  
  
Peru 
NED Program Officer Fabiola Cordova spoke with PBS NewsHour about the first round of Peru's Presidential election. more  
  
Yemen
Grantee Tawakkol Karman wrote, "Our revolution's doing what Saleh can't - uniting Yemen," for the Guardian (April 8). more     
  
Nigeria April 2011Nigeria
NED Program Officer Oge Onubogu commented for "Nigeria Readies for Poll Despite Doubts Over Process" on VOANews. more
  
World Movement for Democracy  

As part of its Defending Civil Society Project, the World Movement for Democracy and the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL) released a new series of 15 country reports on NGO law. more

  
The World Movement's Latin America and Caribbean Network for Democracy (LAC Network) hosted its second General Assembly in Rosario, Argentina, on April 7-9. Over 100 participants from more than 80 civil society organizations addressed regional challenges to democratic advancement. more

  

Recent & Upcoming Events 

April 20, 2011: African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance - An Update, at NED, moderated by Dave Peterson, NED Senior Director for Africa. more 

 

UNESCO LogoMay 1-3, 2011: UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, Washington, DC; this year's theme is 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. more

 

Video of other recent events available online include Presidential Elections in Peru: Political Scenarios in a Tightening Race. more