On Friday, March 27, civic-tech NGO Code for Pakistan (CfP) was among the some 400 NGOs to receive grant support from the National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) Board of Directors.  A NED grantee...

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In late 2020, Burma will hold a national election, the second since the country’s democratic opening in 1990. Since those historic nationwide elections in 2015, Burma has experienced an alarming regression—a...

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On December 10, 1979, democracy activists associated with Formosa Magazine organized a Human Rights Day rally in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, calling for the removal of a ban on political parties and the lifting of marital...

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A new research report prepared by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), a National Endowment for Democracy (NED) grantee, lays out clear and convincing evidence of the CCP’s desecration and destruction of Uyghur holy spaces as part of a multipronged strategy to erase the Uyghur identity, history, religion, and culture.

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Key policy makers, activists, and experts will discuss the urgent need to confront and counter the brutal persecution of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Chinese Christians, as well as how to challenge the spread of China’s Repression Model within and beyond its borders.

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A diverse delegation of Hong Kong democrats discussed the threats to the many and diverse elements of Hong Kong's democratic civil society, including basic human rights, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the democratic process, and the rule of law.

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This event featured two panel discussions, exploring how Korea’s democracy has been rejuvenated following the Candlelight Movement, and how South Korea can become a more robust leader to defend and promote democracy in the Asia region during a time where we see a major vacuum of traditional democratic leadership.

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In this panel discussion, experts discussed Japan’s role in supporting and strengthening the liberal international order in Asia.

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In this panel discussion experts discussed China’s growing authoritarian influence and why Tibet should serve as a cautionary warning to the world.

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NED hosted a discussion of recent developments featuring the insights of key policy makers and experts in U.S. – DPRK relations, as well as the recipients of NED’s 2018 Democracy Award. These activists discussed how exposure to and engagement with the outside world is changing North Korea from the inside, and what that change means for the future of North Korea and its people.

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