05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
This International Day of Political Prisoners, NED and the October 30 Coalition will host Roll Call for Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial to honor political prisoners around the world, call for their release, and recognize the families and communities keeping the hope of freedom alive.
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s democratic institutions have been dismantled, women and girls have been pushed out of public life, and the space for civic and political participation has sharply contracted. Yet Afghanistan’s democratic movement endures.
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
The International Forum hosted a launch event for the new report, Testing the Limits: China and Russia’s Authoritarian Influence at Scale in a New Period of Impunity.