user avatar
NEDemocracy
@NEDemocracy
The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2010
Posts
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    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.
    00:00
  • user avatar
    "Our victory in Ukraine depends on the support of every single American who believes in dignity, freedom, and humanity." – @dkaleniuk, @AntAC_ua executive director #DemocracyAward
    00:00
  • user avatar
    "We are constantly told that we are the future of Nigeria, but when it comes to decision-making, our voices are silenced," writes @SavvyRinu—activist and Hurford Fellow @MoveDemocracy—about issues facing youth today in #Nigeria. Read her latest @CNN cnn.com/2023/03/14/opi…
  • user avatar
    To further #humanrights & human dignity for all people in China, the National Endowment for Democracy has funded Uyghur groups since 2004. #NEDemocracy #HumanRightsDay ned.org/uyghur-human-r…
  • user avatar
    Wife of @vkaramurza, @ekaramurza, explains that he returned to Russia because ❝he wanted to show that you should not be afraid because fear makes us silent. When you are silent in the face of something so monstrous, you are complicit.❞
    00:00
  • user avatar
    National Endowment for Democracy responds to threat of Chinese government sanctions. ow.ly/gajD30pYoxQ #NEDemocracy
  • user avatar
    Today, March 5, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) filed a lawsuit in United States District Court against Executive Branch agencies and officials for unlawfully withholding its congressionally appropriated funding. Learn more here: ned.org/national-endow…
  • user avatar
    "The war in Ukraine marks a critical juncture that will determine the course of global democracy," writes @FukuyamaFrancis in the @JoDemocracy.
  • user avatar
    ❝Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks. The members of these networks are connected not only within a given country, but among many countries.❞ #WM11Assembly 🗣 | @anneapplebaum
    00:00
  • user avatar
    "We will continue to defend the values of the free world. And with the support of the free world, we will win." – @avalaina #DemocracyAward
    00:00
  • user avatar
    The @NEDemocracy Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve @DamonMacWilson as National Endowment for Democracy’s next president & CEO. Wilson succeeds Carl Gershman, who has led the Endowment since its founding in 1983. #NEDemocracy ow.ly/7B6w50F1cHn
  • user avatar
    Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison for criticizing the Putin regime and the Russian war in Ukraine. Join us in calling for the release of Kara-Murza and other political prisoners held by the Kremlin for supporting a free and democratic Russia. #FreeKaraMurza
    00:00
  • user avatar
    “Oswaldo was a fierce believer who worked tirelessly to liberate the Cuban people from communist oppression. They killed him. But in life and in death, they never silenced his message. The yearning for liberty, and the courage to fight for it, is the Cuban way.” —Senator @tedcruz
    00:00
  • user avatar
    "Our victory in Ukraine depends on the support of every single American who believes in dignity, freedom, and humanity." - @dkaleniuk, @ANTAC_ua executive director #DemocracyAward
    00:00