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OCTOBER 20
2011
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Top Stories
· Yemen grantee wins Nobel Peace Prize. more
· Liberia grantees facilitate peaceful elections. more
· Arab Revolutions is the topic of Oct. 26 Lipset Lecture. more 
Democracy Spotlight 
Tawakul Karman, photo via Nobel Prize WebsiteGrantee wins Nobel Peace Prize
The National Endowment for Democracy is proud to congratulate Tawakkul Karman, leader of NED Grantee Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), on winning the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. WJWC has been active in Yemen since 2007, when Karman first began organizing regular demonstrations against corruption and restrictions on press freedom. more
News & Events 
Liberia Voters Line Up
Liberia  

Multiple NED grantees played a critical role in voter education and outreach in the year leading up to Liberia's historic Oct. 2011 elections, which were peaceful and remarkably transparent. more  

 

Lipset Lecture  

"The Arab Revolutions: Democracy and Historical Consciousness" will be Dr. Abdou Filali-Ansari's topic at the Eighth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World.

 

The Lecture will be held October 26, 2011, at the Embassy of Canada. Filali-Ansari is a professor at Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation. more 
 
Czechoslovak Documentation CenterCzechoslovakia   
Legendary NED grantee Czechoslovak Documentation Center, "one of the most important exile institutions of the second half of the 20th century," celebrates its 25th anniversary at Prague's Kampa Museum.  more 

 

Russia  

NED grantee the Russian Chechen Friendship Society is highlighted in "U.S. reset with Russia at new stage as officials meet with human rights activists," in the Washington Post. more  

 

Iran

Roya Boroumand, cofounder with her sister Ladan of NED grantee the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, writes about Iran's arbitrary judicial process in "Victims of Iranian 'justice'" in the Washington Postmore 

 

Journal of Democracy, Oct. 2011New Journal of Democracy 

The Oct. 2011 issue includes articles on the revolts that swept the Arab world in 2011, as well as on elections in Peru, Nigeria, and Singapore. Selected articles are available free online, including Do New Democracies Support Democracy? Reluctant India, by Pratap Mehta. more

 

Jean Bethke ElshtainNED Honors Jean Bethke Elshtain

NED President Carl Gershman presented the Democracy Service Medal to Jean Bethke Elshtain, one of America's foremost public intellectuals and a NED Board member for nine years. more

 

New CIMA Special Report 

The Legal Enabling Environment for Independent Media in Egypt and Tunisia. more  

Center for International Private Enterprise 

CIPE Global Editorial Cartoon Competition

Vote for your favorite editorial cartoon in the Center for International Private Enterprise's competition by Nov. 12. more

  
WYMD Democracy Photo Contest  

The deadline for the World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) First Annual Photography Contest is Nov. 1. more  

 

Reagan-Fascell Applications Open

The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program will accept applications for 2012-2013 fellowships until Nov. 1. more

    

Upcoming Events 

Oct. 20, 2011, 4:00-6:00pm: License to Censor: The Use of Media Regulation to Restrict Press Freedom, a CIMA panel at NED. more 

 

Oct. 26, 2011, 6:00pm: "The Arab Revolutions: Democracy and Historical Consciousness" will be The Eighth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World, at the Embassy of Canada, featuring Dr. Abdou Filali-Ansari, professor at Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation. more

 

Dec. 1, 2011, 6:00-8:00pm: New York Democracy Forum Lecture: The U.S. and Pakistan, at the Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York, NY, featuring Amb. Husain Haqqani, Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S. more

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