Tag: Political Prisoners
Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?
Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish guerrilla movement that has been waging a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for decades, has...
Even in Death, Navalny Is Seen by the Kremlin as an Enduring Threat
Six months after the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny died in a Russian prison above the Arctic Circle, Konstantin A. Kotov woke up to...
A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy
The senior American diplomat slipped quietly into Belarus, a police state run by a strongman reviled for decades in the West, traveling by car...
Belarus Frees an American and 2 Others as It Tries to Thaw Relations
Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, has released an American prisoner and two others from jail, an exiled opposition group said on Wednesday, in the latest...
Kremlin Says U.S. Will Release a Russian in American Custody
A Russian imprisoned in the United States will be freed “in the coming days” in exchange for the release this week of the American...