political prisoner

noun

1. someone imprisoned for holding, expressing, or acting in accord with particular political beliefs

Example Sentences

He returned to Iran in 2016 to be with his parents, and was arrested and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in Evin prison, where political prisoners are often imprisoned.

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Earlier this year, hundreds of political prisoners were freed after they were granted a royal pardon to mark 25 years of King Hamad’s rule.

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Tatsiana called then for more international pressure to secure her sister's release, and the freedom of the many other political prisoners in Belarus.

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On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly said he would pardon the rioters, whom he has called “patriots” and “political prisoners”.

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One of Russia's youngest political prisoners has lost an appeal to overturn a five-year jail sentence.

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