April 23, 2013

Implications of the Kenyan Elections

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

“Implications of the Kenyan Elections” was the theme of an April 23 discussion co-hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy and the World Movement for Democracy. The discussion featured Maina Kiai, a prominent Kenyan human rights lawyer and executive director of Kenyan NGO InformAction, and Prof. Joel Barkan, senior associate of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Dave Peterson, senior director of NED’s Africa program, moderated the discussion.

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April 10, 2013

A Celebration of the Life of Amb. Mark Palmer

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Ambassador Mark Palmer, who served as US Ambassador to Hungary from 1986-1990 and as a speechwriter to three Presidents, played a leading role in drafting President Ronald Reagan’s historic Westminster Address to the British Parliament, in which Reagan proposed the initiative that led to the establishment of NED. In addition, Palmer served on the NED Board of Directors from 1990-1999.
NED President Carl Gershman offered a eulogy

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March 06, 2013

The State of Religious Freedom in Russia

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Please join us to hear
•Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group Ludmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva discuss her organization’s long-standing advocacy for freedom of religion in Russia
•U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Katrina Lantos Swett reveal findings from USCIRF’s recent report, “Russia: Unruly State of Law”
•USCIRF Senior Policy Analyst Catherine Cosman comment on the misuse of anti-extremism measures and the recent enactment of repressive laws in Russia.

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