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Oct 26, 2012

NED Democracy Award recipient, Visiting Fellow honored with Oxi Day Foundation awards

NED 2008 Democracy Award recipient Chen Guangcheng and current  Visiting Fellow Dr. Fouzia Saeed were honored by the Washington Oxi Day Foundation for their work and “courageous action to promote or protect freedom and democracy,” at a dinner Oct. 25. :: MORE

Sep 28, 2012

AP features former Reagan-Fascell fellow in report on Vietnam's internet crackdown

Former Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Le Quoc Quan was featured prominently in an Associated Press story on internet crackdowns in Vietnam. :: MORE

Sep 21, 2012

Suu Kyi's remarks at 2012 Democracy Award featured in The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy features remarks Aung San Suu Kyi made at a ceremony presenting the NED 2012 Democracy Award to the Democracy Movement of Burma. Suu Kyi urged her fellow citizens to work together while paying tribute to five of her compatriots who accepted the award on behalf of the broader movement. :: MORE

Sep 18, 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY: NED releases press kit for 2012 Democracy Award

The National Endowment for Democracy has released a comprehensive press kit for its 2012 Democracy Award, honoring Burma's democracy movement. :: MORE

Sep 17, 2012

Foreign Policy magazine details Suu Kyi's U.S. trip, including NED 2012 Democracy Award

Foreign Policy magazine discussed likely policy implications of famed Burmese democracy activist Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's upcoming visit to the United States, during which she will receive the Congressional Gold Medal, meet with policy makers, and offer remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy's 2012 Democracy Award, this year honoring Burma's democracy movement. :: MORE

Sep 17, 2012

AP covers 2012 Democracy Award recipient's decision to remain in Burma

Min Ko Naing, a prominent Burmese democracy activist set to be one of five recipients of the National Endowment for Democracy's 2012 Democracy Award, has decided to remain in Burma as a show of solidarity with more than a dozen other activists, the Associated Press reports. :: MORE

Sep 17, 2012

NED announces press briefing with recipients of 2012 Democracy Award

This briefing will be an opportunity for journalists to hear from the activists about the current situation in Burma and the challenges ahead for democratic reform as well as to engage in Q&A. :: MORE

Aug 28, 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi to address NED 2012 Democracy Award in U.S. Capitol

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be among those present to pay tribute to five leading activists from Burma who will accept the National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) 2012 Democracy Award honoring the Democracy Movement of Burma. :: MORE

Jun 12, 2012

Vietnam grantee testifies in Washington

Vo Van Ai, President of Quê Me ("Homeland"), one of NED's longest-standing grantees, testified in May before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, DC, on the "arbitrary detention of pro-democracy and religious activists in Vietnam." :: MORE

Apr 24, 2012

Abdou Filali-Ansary and Alfred Stepan write about the "Arab Spring" in latest issue of Journal of Democracy

NED’s Journal of Democracy is the world's leading publication on the theory and practice of democracy. Check out the Journal’s new website and free articles from the April 2012 issue on “The Languages of the Arab Revolutions.” :: MORE