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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.
"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
"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 @CNNcnn.com/2023/03/14/opi…
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.❞
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…
❝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
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. #NEDemocracyow.ly/7B6w50F1cHn
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
“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
"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