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Spotlight:
 2004 Democracy Award Honors Russian Activists - On June 9, the National Endowment for Democracy presented its Annual Democracy Award to the leaders of four of Russia’s most outstanding nongovernmental groups that are working to advance and preserve democratic reforms in that country. [more…]
International Spotlight Lends Hope to Human Rights in China -
 Fifteen years after Tiananmen Square, human rights remain elusive in China. In 1989, in order to support the democracy movement and promote democratic reforms in China, a group of Chinese scholars established Human Rights in China in March 1989. The international human rights advocacy organization has since become one of the premier advocates for international human rights standards in China. [more...]
 Activists Energized by Durban Meeting - Durban, South Africa was the backdrop for an inspiring meeting of nearly 600 democracy activists who gathered for the Third Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy. Participants from 118 countries spent four days immersed in an intense program of practical workshops where individuals and organizations shared their expertise and experience in democracy promotion and were able to seek advice and solidarity from other activists. [more...]
 Democracy Courage Tributes Awarded in Durban - The Democracy Movement in Sudan; the Mano River Union of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea; the Democratic Movement in Belarus; and two groups working for democracy and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians were awarded the Courage Tributes from the World Movement for Democracy this year. These four have all shown exceptional courage in their work for freedom and democracy, often struggling in isolation and against some of the most difficult challenges to democracy and human rights in the world today. [more...]
Inside this issue of the 2004 Spring Newsletter:
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