On July 15, NED and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum cosponsored a conference marking the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica. The event featured a keynote address by Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden, as well as panels that included NED grantees Natasa Kandić of the Humanitarian Law Center (Belgrade) and Anisa Sućeska-Vekić of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Sarajevo). more

 

Interview
Natasa Kandić and Anisa Sućeska-Vekić speak to Democracy Digest about growing tensions in Bosnia, and the importance of truth and transitional justice in the Balkans. video

Uyghur-Han Tensions Examined in Report and Meeting

NED hosted a July 1 meeting to launch the report: Can Anyone Hear Us? Voices from the 2009 Unrest in Urumchi compiled by NED grantee Uyghur Human Rights Project. Two expert panels  explored the 2009 violence, its aftermath, and possible lessons. more 

 

NED honors Vin Weber

in Bipartisan Ceremony

Madeleine Albright, Howard Berman, John Kyl, and David Dreier were just a few of the friends and colleagues who came to pay tribute to Vin Weber when NED honored its former Chairman with the Democracy Service Medal at a July 20 Capitol Hill Ceremony. more 

 

This month, NED launched a Facebook page and a Twitter feed - check them out! 

 

New CIMA Reports
The Center for International Media Assistance has released two new reports. Evaluating the Evaluators examines the strengths and shortcomings of existing media freedom indexes and offers recommendations for improvement, and Covering Corruption examines the impact of reporting about corruption on the incidence of corruption. Both are available online. reports 

 

CIMA senior director Marguerite Sullivan was interviewed by the World Bank's Communication for Governance & Accountability Program. interview 

 

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