Turkey has targeted me for years because I have used my platform as a professional basketball player to denounce its strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

Over the last year we’ve all been spectators of an interesting scene: the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened...

We call on all sports organizations to unite with Ukraine and oppose the aggressor and his representatives at all levels.

Last week marked the two-year anniversary of the Axum massacre in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Eritrean forces killed hundreds of...

Too often, in the face of global atrocities, oppression and the deprivation of basic human rights and..

What does it mean to defend democracy and human rights globally? It is not enough to respond to only the..

The situations in Turkey and China demonstrate the need to enforce recognition of human rights globally by.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe has scrambled—and struggled—to wean itself from Russian energy..

Doing business in unstable and undemocratic countries is a huge risk. To deter Russia from invading...

When I was targeted by Turkey for speaking out against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, my Celtic teammates..

In my first weeks as a U.S. citizen, I’ve experienced the full richness and contradictions of what it means to be...

When I first arrived in the United States, I had to adjust to a new language, new norms, and new traditions. But I was perhaps most stunned by a simple comment a teammate made...

Tennis champion Peng Shuai took to social media earlier this month to accuse a former top-ranking official in the Chinese Communist Party of...

The US has yet to learn how to discipline allies that have gone rogue. Back in 2015, when Turkey downed a Russian jet on the Syrian border..

Turkey arrested hundreds of people, including prominent members of the pro-Kurdish opposition HDParty.

We both believe that education, and getting to know and accept one another, are essential tools in this difficult fight..

As Kurds and various peoples of Mesopotamia are braced for celebrating another Newroz this spring..

Turkey arrested hundreds of people, including prominent members of the pro-Kurdish opposition party..

The Biden administration is expected to shift U.S. foreign policy in ways that could aid the cause I have advocated for many years: : rights and freedoms...

This week we are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where at least one million Jews were killed, to remember the...

A dream came true When I was drafted into the NBA a decade ago. I never thought of anything more than putting ..

"I will leave the foreign-policy aspect to others; my aim is to draw attention to Erdogan’s mistreatment of his own people," Kanter notes...

This Christmas, I should be traveling with my team, the Boston Celtics, ..

This month, my dad will face trial in Turkey for “membership of a terror..

Kanter's thoughts on human rights violations and...