Remembering Li Baiguang

Remarks Delivered by Carl Gershman at the Memorial Service Organized by ChinaAid Washington, D.C. , March 22, 2018 When the National Endowment for Democracy presented Li Baiguang with its Democracy Award in 2008, just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, we noted...

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National Endowment for Democracy mourns the death of Chinese lawyer Li Baiguang

Suspicious death must be investigated WASHINGTON, DC – The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was deeply saddened and concerned to learn of the sudden...

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Li Baiguang’s 2008 Democracy Award Speech

I am grateful to NED for giving me the 2008 Democracy Award, which is great encouragement for me to continue to utilize the law to advance religious freedom in China In the past 3 decades, China has achieved rapid economic development but political reforms remain relatively stagnant, and in...

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World Movement for Democracy to Honor Resilient Activists from Africa, China, and the Philippines at Ninth Global Assembly on May 9, 2018

Contact:  Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org +1 (202) 378-9604 WASHINGTON, DC –The World Movement for Democracy will honor three exceptional groups of human rights and democracy activists with the presentation of Democracy Courage Tributes at the closing dinner of...

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