2007 Democracy Award
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On Tuesday, September 18, the National Endowment for Democracy honored the courageous efforts of journalists, publishers and press freedom advocates when it presented its annual Democracy Award to three individuals and one organization working to preserve press freedom in Egypt, Russia, Venezuela and Southeast Asia, where authoritarian regimes increasingly seek to silence the voice of independent media. The honorees have shown bravery, determination, and passion as they stand up for journalistic integrity in the face of harassment, censorship, violence, and even death.
2007 Democracy Award to Spotlight Press Freedom Activists from Egypt, Thailand,...
On September 18, 2007, the National Endowment for Democracy will present its annual Democracy Award to an organization and three individuals who have bravely contributed to increasing and preserving press freedom...
National Endowment for Democracy Grieves Loss of Two Murdered Journalists...
It is with grief and outrage that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) learned of the targeted assassination of our esteemed colleague, Ali Iman Sharmarke, the director of Horn Afrik radio. He was...
Center for International Media Assistance Inaugural Forum: Exposing Corruption...
"The International Role of the Media in Exposing Corruption and Promoting Good Governance," is the topic for the first public meeting of the Center for International Media Assistance...
2007 Democracy Service Medal Presented to Mort Abramowitz,...
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Upon leaving the NED Board, Mort Abramowitz was presented with the Democracy Service Medal. Abramowitz served on the NED board for nine years, the maximum term allowed, and made invaluable contributions as the Board expert at different times for NED’s Central and Eastern Europe and Asia programs.
National Endowment for Democracy to Donate Founding Papers to Library of...
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) will donate papers from its founding and early years of operation (1982-1994) to the Library of Congress on Thursday, June 7, the eve of the 25th anniversary of...
Albright, McCain and Weber call for release of Le Quoc Quan
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Senator John McCain and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Chairman Vin Weber are the authors of a letter sent April 12 to the President of Vietnam protesting...
NED Reagan-Fascell Fellow Le Quoc Quan Arrested after Return to Vietnam
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is greatly troubled by the arrest in Vietnam of Le Quoc Quan. Le Quoc Quan, a lawyer, has recently been in residence at NED on a congressionally-funded Reagan-Fascell...
Joint Statement on the Murder of Dusko Kondor
The Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) condemn the brutal murder of human rights activist Mr. Dusko Kondor and urge the authorities of Republika Srpska...
NED Grieves NDI Staff Killed in Iraq
The Board of Directors and staff of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) were profoundly saddened to learn of the losses sustained by our dear friends and colleagues at the National Democratic Institute...
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