Mostly forgotten, Egyptian trial of US NGO workers drags on

The expert panel looked for solutions to the lack of democratic governance in Africa and how the development and stability of African countries requires a greater emphasis on principles of democratic governance.

With elections scheduled for March 2013, women candidates and campaign managers throughout Kenya are focused on running for and winning elective office.  To assist them, the Women’s Democracy Network hosted a three-day workshop on voter outreach and communications.

At the 5^th installment of IRI’s Democratic Governance Speaker Series Mayor Sergiy Odarych of Cherkasy, Ukraine, Jim Kolbe with GMF, Paul Saunders with CFTNI and Nadia Diuk with NED looked at the challenges to democratic governance in Ukraine. 

Despite the fact that people under 35 make up 79 percent of South Sudan’s population, they often are marginalized by the ruling elite.  To help them become more active in the development of their communities and country, IRI launched the Youth Leadership Academy.

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Few individuals embody the spirit of democracy more than José Ramos-Horta.  A founding father of Timor-Leste, he has selflessly dedicated his life to fighting for freedom and independence and for the cause of human rights worldwide.

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Prior to March 26, 2012, Carrión was simply another unemployed, 38 year-old Cuban.  All of this changed when he attended attended Pope Benedict XVI’s public mass at Antonio Maceo Square and shouted out “libertad” (freedom) and “abajo el Comunismo” (down with Communism).

Building the Infrastructure of Democracy: Reagan's Legacy 30 Years Later

Public service ads warn Egyptians to be wary of foreigners

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New trial date set for pro-democracy activists in Egypt

Sherif Mansour, U.S. citizen who faces NGO charges in Egypt, freed until verdict is reached

American NGO worker in Egypt faces his fate in court

US democracy aid went to favored groups in Egypt

As Egyptians Prepare To Vote, Jimmy Carter Watches 'Complete Transformation'

Egypt is taking U.S. money and running

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Egypt Rejects Registration Bids From 8 U.S. Nonprofit Groups

Egypt widens crackdown on NGOs

Interpol Denies Cairo's Request to Arrest NGO Workers

Launched in 2001, the Advanced Democracy Seminar has taught more than 35,000 Cambodian youth about civic education and civic activism.  Hear from three of the program graduates – Navy, Theara and Sarith – about how they are using the skills they have learned to improve their communities.

U.S. Pressing Interpol to Deny Egypt's Request to Arrest NGO Workers

United Arab Emirates Shuts Down U.S.-Financed Democracy Group

UAE Closes U.S.-Funded Democracy Group's Dubai Office

U.S. to resume aid to Egypt

Clinton opens way to resume aid to Egypt

Clinton waives restrictions on U.S. aid to Egypt

Clinton to open way to resume aid to Egypt: US official

The cause of democracy lost a true friend and advocate with the passing of Representative Donald M. Payne on March 6, 2012.  During his years in Congress, Payne was at the forefront of efforts to restore democracy and human rights in nations around the world.

U.S. Prepares to Continue Egypt Military Aid Amid Dispute

Sam LaHood got out of Egypt to the sound of the Indiana Jones theme song

Report: Clinton to Allow Egypt Aid Despite Human Rights Concerns

Pelosi: US-Egypt Relations Strong Despite NGO Spat

Anger over NGO trial threatens Egypt's interim government

Granger emerges as power broker in foreign policy

Egypt Accelerates Trial of U.S. Workers

Egypt's Moves Leave Democracy Advocate Bewildered

Egypt NGO trial adjourned to April 10

Egypt judge delays trial of NGO workers

After democracy-group crisis, U.S. seeking reliable partner in new Egypt

US and Egypt seek to repair relationship after NGO row

Sam LaHood: Transition in Egypt Is Uneven, 'Way Forward Is Not Clear'

Democracy workers return home from Egypt

American in Cairo: Egyptian protesters wanted to trade us for terror leader

Egypt’s small concession

U.S. Defendants Leave Egypt Amid Growing Backlash

NGO workers under criminal investigation in Egypt leave country after bail is paid

Sam LaHood, NGO workers exit Egypt

American activists head home after Cyprus transit

US still wants Egypt NGO case dismissed

Foreign NGO workers reach Cyprus after leaving Egypt

U.S. relations not so fair in land of Pharaohs

U.S. underscores Egypt NGO concerns as staffers depart

7 American pro-democracy workers fly out of Egypt

Foreign NGO suspects leave Egypt: airport officials

Egypt's rulers face backlash after lifting travel ban on Americans

Egypt lifts travel ban on Americans, lawyers say

Backlash in Egypt follows lifting of travel ban on U.S activists

Egypt 'lifts' travel ban on US NGO workers

Egypt minister insists trial of foreign NGOs goes on

Americans Detained In Egypt Now Allowed To Leave

Egyptian Judges Step Aside in Trial of Foreign Workers

Egypt judges in NGO funding trial resign

Egypt Reportedly Lifts Travel Ban On Detained Americans

Egypt lifts travel ban on NGO trial defendants: sources

Ending travel ban, Egypt signals NGO case may be dropped

Clinton hopes solution 'very soon' on US-Egypt NGO standoff

Egypt: Judges withdraw from trial of 16 Americans

Egypt begins court proceedings against foreign and domestic NGOs

Trial of Nonprofit Workers in Egypt Is Abruptly Put Off

Egypt trial against American pro-democracy workers opens

Egypt plots strange course on foreign policy

Egyptian woman faces prosecution on Sunday after crackdown on NGOs

Egypt lawyers demand jail for U.S. democracy activists

Egypt US: Foreign democracy activists on trial in Cairo

Egypt begins trial of democracy activists

Egypt Adjourns Trial of Pro-Democracy Workers Until April 26

Americans are no-shows at opening of NGO trial in Egypt

U.S.-Egypt alliance put to the test

Trial Will Test U.S.-Egypt Relations

Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans

Egypt’s judicial farce

Egypt trial threatens future of U.S. pro-democracy NGOs

Egypt Military Fund Cutoff Weighed by U.S. Over Prosecution

Dossier Details Egypt’s Case Against Democracy Groups

U.S., Egypt Look to Settle Nerves Over Aid, Trial

Playing a dangerous game in Egypt

U.S. senators to meet with Egypt over accused NGO workers

US senator McCain in Cairo amid bitter Egypt-US row

Egypt says working to end NGO row: McCain

Egypt sets trial date for aid workers

Senators meet with Egypt's leaders

Egypt sets Feb. 26 as start date for NGO trial

Egypt sets trial date for pro-democracy workers

Trial of Americans in Egypt Shakes Ties Between Nations

Egypt Uses Israel Treaty as Bargaining Chip

LaHood: U.S. working to resolve Egypt NGO trial

Decoding Egypt’s anti-US rhetoric

McCain to Egypt: Let my people go

Egypt Islamist: Cuts in US Aid Imperil Peace Deal

Egypt-U.S. Rift Hangs Over IMF Loan Talks as Reserves Plunge

Egyptian Official Vexes Ruling Generals and U.S. by Pressing Investigation

Egyptian minister says U.S. tried to use NGOs to control country’s future

Cutting Off Egypt Aid Would Be Mistake, General Dempsey Says

Egyptian minister's remarks stoke tensions with US

Egypt’s Unwise Course

What about Egypt?

Middle East tensions on the rise

USAID contractor case renews debate on tactics

Top U.S. general discusses NGO case in Cairo

Egypt-US row over aid workers can be 'resolved': McCain

On first anniversary of Mubarak's ouster, unease reigns in Egypt

Egypt must drop charges against US, Egyptian democracy workers

Muslim Brotherhood Demands Military Cede Power in Egypt

Egypt’s Premier Vows Not to Yield in Prosecuting 19 Americans

Why the U.S. should resist stoking the chaos in Cairo

Egypt's NGO Crisis: How Will U.S. Aid Play in the Controversy?

U.S. has not yet seen charges against Americans held in Egypt

Free the 'Cairo 19'

U.S.-Egypt ties strained

New Egypt More Distrustful Than Old, U.S. Groups Say

Architect of Egypt’s NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover

Egypt accuses NGOs of meddling in politics

Egypt risks 'disastrous' rupture in ties: US senators

Egypt’s police state and democracy cannot coexist

US receives formal charges against NGO members in Egypt

NGO Worker: Washington Must Use Its Leverage to Pressure Egypt

Egypt vows to press NGO case despite U.S. threats

Egypt unbowed by US aid threat

Egypt: U.S. threats to cut aid won't work

U.S. vows to cut $1.5B in aid to Egypt over trials

Egypt’s plan to charge 19 Americans highlights tense relationship with activists

U.S.-Egypt relations tested in latest crisis

Egypt names 43 targeted in democracy groups inquiry

Egypt officials see end to U.S. NGO stand-off

Egypt crackdown under guise of legality

U.S. Gen. Dempsey heads to Egypt with relations on line

Egypt-US meetings cancelled amid trial row

Egypt move on foreign groups puts aid at risk

19 Americans in Egypt Face Trial in Inquiry Over Funding

U.S., Egypt in Showdown Over NGO Worker Trials

Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings

LaHood’s Son Stands Tall in Egypt

Egypt Spirals Down

Arrested NGO workers in 'legal limbo'

Egypt To Try 19 Americans In NGO Dispute

White House 'disturbed' by NGO crackdown

Egypt detains American aid workers

Egypt to prosecute 43 NGO workers

Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs

Egypt to try 44 in NGO funds case: judicial source

Egypt says 19 Americans will be ordered to stand trial

US seeks 'clarification' on Egypt activist trials

Germany slams Egypt decision to put NGOs on trial

US Renews Warning to Egypt Over Aid

Congress: U.S. Military Aid to Egypt At Stake with NGO Harassment

Egypt warned U.S. aid at risk

Egypt’s witch hunt threatens a rupture with the U.S.

Americans seek refuge at US embassy in Cairo

Egypt sent back U.S. request to lift travel

Longtime Allies, Egypt and U.S. Now Have Differences

U.S. step points up rift with Egypt

American activists in Cairo seek refuge at U.S. Embassy

Americans seek shelter at US embassy in Cairo

NGO staff sheltered by embassy in Cairo

U.S. Embassy in Cairo shelters NGO workers

U.S. Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown

US urges Egypt to lift travel ban on Americans

NGO 'crisis' distracts from Egypt polls

Son of top US official may face prison time in Egypt

US official's son detained in Egypt says he could face 5 years in jail

Egypt sending an ill-advised message with LaHood detention

As Tensions Rise, Egypt Bars Exit of Six Americans

Egypt won't let foreign civil rights workers leave

Why Were Six Americans Barred from Leaving Egypt?

Egypt slaps travel ban on US NGO staff

Americans Blocked in Egypt Worry About Their Fate

Though laws protecting the rights of women exist in Iraq, many are unenforced or are ineffective.  To help protect women’s rights and reform statutes that endanger and disenfranchise women, rights advocates have launched the Iraq Taskforce on Discrimination Against Women.

U.S. threatens to cut military aid to Egypt

Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts

Egypt Bars U.S. Workers from Leaving

Ray LaHood's son barred from leaving Egypt

Son of U.S. transportation chief barred from leaving Egypt, U.S. officials say

Son of U.S. transportation secretary among those banned

Egypt steps up crackdown on US rights groups

American NGO workers prevented from leaving Egypt

Nongovernmental Groups Fear Their Egypt Personnel May Be Put on Trial

Egypt bars U.S. workers from travel, escalating crackdown

Washington power-brokers defend Egypt after raids on US offices

Is Egypt's military trying to limit U.S. assistance?

Son of transportation secretary barred from leaving Egypt

K Street defends Egyptian raids

Harassment in Egypt

U.S. Reconsiders Egypt Aid After NGOs Raided

Top U.S. diplomat seeks to ease tensions with Egypt over raids 

U.S.-funded NGOs in Egypt ‘shocked’ by raid on offices, deny funding parties or groups

'Unacceptable' situation in Egypt: State

American Groups Rebut Egyptian Accusations

Undercutting Vow of Softer Stance, Egypt Again Defends Office Raids 

Egypt defends storming of civil society groups

NGO's raided in Egypt express concern

Egyptian military gambles by raiding pro-democracy groups

US: Egypt agrees to halt rights group raids

US concern as Egypt raids rights groups

Egyptian Security Forces Raid Offices of NGOs in Cairo

Egypt police raid U.S.-backed pro-democracy groups

Egyptian raids draw White House rebuke

US 'deeply concerned' after Egyptian forces raid NGO offices in Cairo

Egyptians raid offices of NGOs, including U.S.-based groups

Egyptian forces raid activists' offices

Egypt raids NGOs, including 3 U.S. pro-democracy groups

Egypt crackdown escalates, with raids on 17 rights groups

Egyptian raids on rights groups draw fire

Eastern Libya poll indicates political Islam will closely follow democracy

After Second Day of Voting in Egypt, Islamists Offer Challenge to Generals

Egyptians take to the polls with muted excitement

In Egypt, Elections Process Complexity Threatens Vote

Thousands Rally in Cairo to Ratchet Up Pressure on Military Rulers Ahead of Elections

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Tunisia Vote Stands as Test for the Region

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Wary Egypt awaits start today of trial of Mubarak