political prisoner
Example Sentences
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His father, a restaurateur, spent years as a political prisoner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The announcement came hours after the release of Peruvian-American political prisoner Arturo Gallino Rullier, whom the Foro Penal group said was on his way to the United States.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Freddy Guevara, a member of Machado’s coalition who was a political prisoner for some three years in Venezuela, said he is still hopeful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The latter of these books was written while Ngũgĩ was being held in a Nairobi jail as a political prisoner.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
This is a journal entry oj what occurred at La 40 on Monday, April 11th, 1960, to me, a female political prisoner.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
