By Michael Allen on January 20, 2010
Authoritarian regimes have deliberately targeted and intensified attacks against human rights and democracy advocates over the past year, according to the annual review of Human Rights Watch. [read full story]
Posted in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Blogs, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Human rights, Kenya, National Endowment for Democracy, Regions, Sri Lanka, authoritarianism, democracy, democracy promotion, democracy support, dissidents | Tagged Afghanistan, authoritarian, azerbaijan, burundi, china, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, dissidents, Egypt, ethiopia, human rights watch, Kenya, National Endowment for Democracy, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan |
By Michael Allen on November 25, 2009
Uzbek opposition leader Sanjar Umarov is finally reunited with his family after being released from a labor camp. He received an amnesty and was released from prison on Nov. 7.
A successful businessman, the 53-year-old Umarov formed the Sunshine Uzbekistan movement to press for economic reform. He became a dissident and vocal critic of President Islam [read full story]
Posted in National Endowment for Democracy, autocrats, dissidents | Tagged uzbekistan |
By Michael Allen on May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009. Voices of Democracy in the Middle East.
World Affairs magazine and Freedom House in conjunction with National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, National Endowment for Democracy, the International Republican Institute and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty cordially invite you to a book signing and reception for a new book by Joshua Muravchik, The Next [read full story]
Posted in Africa, Asia, Backlash, Cuba, Democracy assistance, Events, Human rights, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged Arab democracy, Arab democrats, Arab political reform, Azerbaijan and the West, counter-extremism, Cultural Democratization in East Asia, Democracy in the Middle East, democracy promotion, Engaging Cuba, Freedom House, Henry Jackson Society, Human Rights in Kazakhstan, Islamist Radicalism, kazakhstan, Libforall Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, OSCE, pakistan, Rethinking Democracy Promotion, Solidarity and the Future of Democracy, Transatlantic Dialogue, uzbekistan |
By Michael Allen on December 2, 2008
The Uzbek government’s decision to withdraw from the pro-Russian Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) is not only a signal of Tashkent’s commitment to the “Uzbek Path.” It also suggests “a new openness to the West” that may eventually generate openings for reform, says Uzbek reformer Gulam Umarov.
Umarov cited the case of his father Sanjar Umarov, the [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Eurasia, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, Regions, authoritarianism, corruption, dissidents | Tagged authoritarianism, Backlash, corruption, dissidents, Eurasia, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, uzbekistan |
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