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JANUARY 28
2011
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Top Stories
• Carothers on Tunisia: Not a Color Revolution more 
• NED grantee arrested in Yemen more 
• NED grantee subject surge of death threats in Nigeria more
• Journal of Democracy features essays by Liu Xiaobo more 
Democracy Spotlight
Tunisia: Not a Color RevolutionCarothers: Tunisia Not a Color Revolution
NED's Democracy Digest is hosting an ongoing symposium on recent developments in Tunisia, featuring commentary from leading analysts, including Thomas Carothers, Amr Hamzawy, Steven Heydemann, Larry Diamond, Arun Kapil, Shadi Hamid, Kamran Bokhari, Nabila Khamzi, Kristina Kausch and Nathan Brown.

The Digest also carries daily updates on current events, including a discussion of prospects for democratic transition and a series of Letters from Tunis by an on-the-spot democracy assistance officer. more 

News & Events

NED Grantee Tawakkol KarmanYemen
Journalist and rights activist Tawakkol Karman, head of NED grantee Women Journalists Without Chains, was arrested in Yemen on Jan. 22. Her arrest comes after telling CNN during a protest that, "We gathered to salute the Tunisian people." more

Sudan 
Radio Bakhita in Sudan - Photo by Simon RoughneenNED grantee Radio Bakhita is a key source of information and education for Southern Sudan on topics ranging from the recent elections to public health. Its work was featured by PBS's Media Shift. more

China 
NED Reagan-Fascell Fellow Wan Yanhai writes on "The Madness of China's Mental Health System" in Foreign Policy online. more

Nigeria 
Patrick Naagbanton, Coordinator of NED grantee Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development in Nigeria, has received a surge of death threats. Coming so soon after the murder of Nigerian NED grantee Chidi Nwosu, human rights activists are deeply worried. more

Journal of Democracy, Jan 2011New Journal of Democracy 

The January issue features a pair of articles by editors Marc F. Platter and Larry Diamond on the impact of the economic crisis, as well as two essays (also free to online visitors) by imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Lu Xiaobo. more
 

New CIMA Report 

Caught in the Middle: Central and Eastern European Journalism at the Crossroads. more

 

New NED Board Members 
NED welcomes four new members to its Board of Directors, including Azar Nafisi, author of the acclaimed Reading Lolita in Tehran. more  
 

Chechnya Event Video Online 

Watch Zbigniew Brzezinski and book authors Ilyas Akhmadov Miriam Lanskoy discuss The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost. more  
 
Upcoming Events
Feb. 2, 2011, 12:00-2:00pm: Latin America's Changing Political Landscape, co-hosted with the Inter-American Dialogue at NED, featuring Michael Shifter, Javier Corrales, Christoper Sabatini, and Miriam Kornblith. more

Feb. 3, 2011, 12:00-2:00pm: Bringing Human Rights Home: the Application of the European Convention in Russian Courts,
at NED, featuring Reagan-Fascell Fellow Dr. Anton Burkov and Dr. William Pomeranz. more

Feb. 4, 2011, 3:00-5:00pm: Keeping Democratic Hopes Alive in Russia and Ukraine: Civic Leaders Compare Developments, at NED, featuring Oleh Rybachuk, Andrei Piontkovsky, Vitaly Portnikov, Andriy Shevchenk, and Nadia M. Diuk. more
 
Feb. 23, 2011, 12:00-2:00pm: A Not-So Rosy Result: Georgia Seven Years After the Rose Revolution, at NED, featuring Reagan-Fascell Fellow Dr. Levan Berdzenishvili. more