Democracy is a system of political governance whose decision-making power is subject to the controlling influence of citizens who are considered political equals.

Washington, DC. July 1, 2010.  Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy, told a hushed audience yesterday at NED headquarters in Washington, D.C. "not to despair" in the face of the Chinese Communist government's  repression of Uyghur people and culture.  "despair only leads to violence, while hope inspires progress."

The “Free Tibet” bumper stickers may have faded since the 1990s, but for Samdhong Rinpoche, Buddhist scholar and Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile, the issue remains as clear as ever.

Between January and May 2009, some 300,000 Sri Lankans were trapped on a narrow strip of land between the retreating Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the advancing Sri Lankan military.

The United States and China braced for a second day of human rights talks Friday after a two-year hiatus, with a feud brewing over US support for efforts to crack China's Internet firewall.

The Thai government on Wednesday canceled plans for a November election and scrapped talks with protesters occupying Bangkok's commercial district for nearly six weeks, but softened its line on an earlier crackdown threat.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the Embassy of Laos in Washington May 1 to protest the country’s communist regime, despite the 82 degree heat.

The US Senate on Friday voiced solidarity with Myanmar's main opposition party, which was abolished by the military regime, and called on the Obama administration to consider tighter sanctions.

When a government department refuses to spend money that Congress has allocated, there's usually a telling backstory. This is doubly so when the funds are for a purpose as uncontroversial as making the Internet freer.

Military coups and political protesting is something not uncommon in Thailand. Life seems to go on normally. Thailand ruled by the constitutional democratic monarchy system, which the elite class seems to be dictate and dominated of politics and of militaries.

Thousands of anti-government protesters have once again brought Thailand’s capital to a standstill, as they seek to unseat a leadership — led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva — they say is illegitimate and undemocratic.

As a President who has demonstrated strong determination to restore honor to democracy, we would like to express our serious concerns regarding ongoing human rights violations in Vietnam.