The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.
In case you missed it, NED’s 2025 Democracy Awards honored defenders of faith, speech, and freedom.
The stories of @CDT, @CUyghurs, Pastor Wang Yi, and the 11th Panchen Lama remind us: freedom may be suppressed, but can never be extinguished.
NED will honor Congressman @MarioDB with a Democracy Champion Award this fall to recognize decades of leadership in Congress advancing freedom and democracy around the world.
This award celebrates his efforts to rally critical support for those seeking fundamental freedoms
Five years after Cuba's largest protests in decades, the conditions that drove hundreds of thousands into the streets remain unchanged.
The average Cuban is struggling to survive on $15 a month while the regime siphons off billions to finance repression.
In a new op-ed for
Free speech is not a luxury to be enjoyed after freedom is secured. It is one of the conditions that makes freedom possible in the first place.
Authoritarian regimes censor independent voices, criminalize speech, and seek to control the flow of information because free
Religious freedom is a cornerstone of human dignity and democratic society. For more than four decades, @NEDemocracy has stood with partners around the world defending the right to worship and live by one’s conscience.
This week, NED Board Member Ambassador Sam Brownback and NED
