National Endowment for Democracy
Join the National Endowment for Democracy to commemorate the victims of Tiananmen Square with a discussion featuring participants from the 1989 pro-democracy movement alongside leading advocates, a...
In countries where democratic institutions and free markets are weak, conflict, crime, and coercive economic practices take root. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Center for Inter...
Across Latin America, democratic institutions face mounting pressure. In countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, authoritarian regimes have consolidated power, dismantled institutional ch...
Across the region, democratic institutions face mounting pressure. In countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, authoritarian regimes have consolidated power, dismantled institutional check...
Across the region, democratic institutions face mounting pressure. In countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, authoritarian regimes have consolidated power, dismantled institutional check...
Across the region, democratic institutions face mounting pressure. In countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, authoritarian regimes have consolidated power, dismantled institutional check...
Securing the release of political prisoners requires strategy, solidarity, and sustained action. At NED, the World Liberty Congress launched two handbooks, Pathway to Freedom and After Liberation, ...
Throughout Russian history, the Russian Orthodox Church has played a central role in legitimizing state power. Today, the Kremlin weaponizes the Russian Orthodox Church to justify its war in Ukrain...
Across Tibet, the CCP is waging a sustained campaign of cultural and religious erasure—seeking to control belief, silence identity, and rewrite history itself to legitimize repression.
On Januar...
Join us at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time on January 14, 2026, for the 22nd Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World featuring Leopoldo Lopez, the cofounder of the World Liberty Congr...
The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 2,000 g...
The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 2,000 g...
At NED’s 2025 Democracy Awards we honored the unwavering courage of those who refuse to be silenced by the Chinese Communist Party—defenders of faith, speech, and freedom.
China Digital Times was...
NED honored China Digital Times for its unwavering commitment to chronicling the Chinese people’s struggle for freedom.
Founded in 2003 by Xiao Qiang, China Digital Times is a bilingual platform ...
In 1995, His Holiness the Dalai Lama recognized six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama.
Just three days after the announcement, Chinese authorities abducted the boy and his fa...
Pastor Wang Yi is one of China’s most courageous defenders of religious freedom. As the leader of the Early Rain Covenant Church, he fearlessly stood for the right to worship freely, despite growin...
NED honored Campaign for Uyghurs for its tireless advocacy on behalf of Uyghurs and other Muslim communities living under Chinese Communist Party rule.
The award recognizes Rushan Abbas, Founder ...
At NED’s 2025 Democracy Awards, we celebrated the courage of those who refuse to be silenced by the Chinese Communist Party—champions of faith, speech, and freedom.
China Digital Times was honored...
From China to Iran to Nicaragua and beyond, free expression is under attack. Over the past decade, the world’s dictators have aggressively upgraded their efforts to quash critical speech and halt t...
Since the ChatGPT breakthrough in November 2022, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been racing to catch up with U.S. companies in the development of AI language models. Its recent advances i...