Carl Gershman’s Tribute to Jean Bethke Elshtain
Because Jean has given service to that notion, with courage and devotion, the National Endowment for Democracy, with pride, presents her with its Democracy Service Medal.
Jean Bethke Elshtain to receive NED Democracy Service Medal
Contact: Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org, 202-378-9604 or 202-446-8615
Remarks by Zerxes Spencer at Suvash Darnal Memorial
Zerxes Spencer, Program Manager, International Forum for Democratic Studies September 14, 2011 I first became acquainted with Suvash in the fall of 2007, when he applied for a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship...
NED Mourns the Tragic Death of Suvash Darnal
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is mourning the tragic death of Nepalese democracy and human rights advocate Suvash Darnal, who was killed on August 15th in a highway accident outside Washington,...
Floribert Chebeya Presentated With the Democracy Service Medal
Remarks by Carl Gershman at Voices from the Congo: The Road Ahead.
2011 Democracy Service Medal Posthumously Awarded to Floribert Chebeya
The medal presentation was an emotional end to a half-day conference, “Voices from the Congo: the Road Ahead,” co-organized by NED, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Eastern Congo Initiative.
Remarks by Senator Richard J. Durbin, Voices from the Congo: The Road Ahead...
Assistant Majority Leader, United States Senate at Voices from the Congo: The Road AheadThe US Holocaust Memorial Museum I want to thank Mike Abramowitz for that generous introduction. I also want...
Remarks by Carl Gershman at the World Press Freedom Day 2011 Symposium
21ST CENTURY MEDIA: NEW FRONTIERS, NEW BARRIERS Washington, D.C. Good evening, and a special welcome to Washington to those who are visiting from far away. A special welcome, too, to UNESCO Director General...
Miriam Lanskoy Remarks at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS Miriam Lanskoy Director, Russia and Eurasia National Endowment for Democracy Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission I am very grateful to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission...
Biographies for Honorees of 2008 Democracy Award
Honorees Born in 1971 and blind since childhood, Chen Guangcheng is a self-taught lawyer and activist in Shandong province who has represented hundreds of villagers in rights-violation cases. In his most famous...
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