HAVEL AS A FIGHTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS It’s wonderful to be here with you this evening. With Ambassador Gandalovic, Madeleine, and the two Martins, I feel like I’m among family. I’ve been given...

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This event discussed the wide range of challenges and opportunities to moving forward with regional integration in order to have a meaningful and positive impact on human security, democratic consolidation, and development.

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Panelists explored the growth of citizen journalism, its impact on independent media, and the challenges for media development trainers.

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In his presentation, Ivan Krastev examined whether the movement for more transparency can succeed in empowering voters and restoring the public’s trust in democratic institutions.

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Famed Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) were among those present to pay tribute to Burma’s democracy movement, which was honored with theNational Endowment for Democracy’s 2012 Democracy Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony on Sept. 20.

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Read remarks by Carl Gershman from the conference: “Pro-Democracy Movements in Totalitarian States” to the United States Congress.

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Oswaldo Payá crossed red lines with the Cuban government before his death By Carl Gershman The Washington Post, July 24 2012 With the death of Oswaldo Payá, a key leader of the Cuban democratic...

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All three political parties comprising Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity (GNU), which is currently overseeing a constitutional reform process, were represented at a July 10 meeting at NED on...

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