August 01, 2025

Op-Ed: Fighting Authoritarian Censorship

In Newsmax, NED’s Board Chairman Peter Roskam warns that authoritarian regimes are no longer confining censorship to their own citizens—they’re exporting it abroad, and in particular, to the...

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July 29, 2025

NED Marks Ten Years as an “Undesirable”

NED targeted by the Kremlin for its work advancing freedom Washington, D.C., July 29 – Today, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) marks the ten-year anniversary of a remarkable designation: in...

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July 24, 2025

Event Recap: NED 2025 Democracy Service Medal Awarded to Oswaldo Payá

On July 22, NED posthumously awarded the Democracy Service Medal to Oswaldo Payá, one of Cuba’s most principled advocates of peaceful democratic change.

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July 23, 2025

2025 Democracy Service Medal—Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas

The 2025 Democracy Service Medal was bestowed posthumously to Oswaldo Payá in recognition of his life’s work and sacrifice advocating for democratic freedoms in Cuba.

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