dissident

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“It’s rather mixed feelings. I have joy, joy for Belarusian people,” said dissident leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the internationally recognized winner of the 2020 elections, whose own husband numbered among those released this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

She has spent years behind bars, and gained global attention for speaking out against the oppression of women and torture of dissidents under Iran’s theocratic regime.

From The Wall Street Journal

Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, Venezuela, then a stable democracy, granted political asylum to scores of Panamanian dissidents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tens of thousands of political dissidents have been arrested, rights groups estimate.

From BBC

Since 2000, Chinese immigrants further diversified, including political dissidents, naturalised citizens, economic immigrants and Chinese medical practitioners, as well as "a number of migrants from Hong Kong," said Prof Wu.

From BBC