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...
Remarks From 2008 Democracy Award
Remarks by Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Thank you, Congressmen, Carl (Gershman), and Vin (Weber), for those kind words, and for your service on the NED board. Having...
Agenda: One Year Later: Prospects for a Democratic Transition in Iran
Opening Statements Senator Ted Kaufman (see video/read remarks) Senator John McCain (see video/read remarks) Panel I: Lessons from Other Transitions to Democracy Presenters Larry Diamond, Stanford...
Remembering Floribert Chebeya
By Dave Peterson Floribert’s murder is an enormous outrage. He was undoubtedly Congo’s most prominent, committed, courageous human rights activist. From his early years when he won the...
IN REMEMBRANCE OF FLORIBERT CHEBEYA
Learned Dees Democracy and Human Rights Officer for the Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. It is with deep sadness that I learned today of the apparent assassination...
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