Human rights advocates say at least some of the eight ethnic minority Uyghurs who remain in Thailand’s custody since ...

President Donald Trump’s moves to expand the use of pardons have white-collar defendants jolting to attention — and many are responding with creative maneuvers designed to appeal less to judges or ...

Courageous rights defenders are jailed all over the world for speaking truth to power. Freedom House documents their cases ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people ...

About a decade ago, Ocalan made a similar call to his followers to lay down their arms. But the 2013 peace process soon collapsed as tensions reignited, dragging Turkey and the PKK back into a bloody ...

One of the Middle East’s most intractable conflicts may be nearing its end, with ramifications that will be felt far and wide. For half a century, Kurdish militants have fought Turkey for independence ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call from prison for his Kurdistan Workers ... He added that President Tayyip Erdogan faces high stakes, as he may need support ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul ... The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey, rights for the country’s Kurdish population and to improve conditions ...