What President Obama needs to say about Cuba’s elections
Article by Carl Gershman in the Washington Post on March 17, 2016. President Obama’s forthcoming visit...
Remarks by Carl Gershman at ASSISTING INDEPENDENT TRADE UNIONS IN CUBA
Introduction by Thomas Donahue, Chair, Committee for Free Trade Unionism The Albert Shanker Institute THOMAS DONAHUE: There are few people who have spent as many years and as much energy and concentrated attention on the problems of aiding democratic forces...
2025 Democracy Service Medal—Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
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Give Me Liberty: Examining the Legacy of Oswaldo Payá
About the Event Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba, a new biography from Simon and Schuster,...
Carl Gershman Democracy Symposium: The Fight for a Democratic Future
About the Event Around the globe, the struggle for democracy is in full-swing. In countries like Cuba and Belarus, courageous citizens are protesting against longtime authoritarian regimes. Formerly solid democracies like Hungary and Turkey...
NED to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama
June 15 event features young activists from Cuba, Sudan, Azerbaijan and JordanFor Immediate Release DATE: June 1, 2016 CONTACT: Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org, 202-378-9700
DEMOCRACY AND HOPE: DALAI LAMA TO SPEAK WITH FOUR DYNAMIC YOUNG ACTIVISTS
About the Event His Holiness the Dalai Lama is well known as the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He is less well known as a dedicated advocate for the principles of democracy and for the political reforms he introduced when...
Protecting At-Risk Democracy Activists: NED’s Approach
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Damon Wilson on Faith Under Siege at the IRI Religious Freedom Conference
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