political prisoner
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Anwar, a former political prisoner, has previously presented himself as a defender of human rights and freedom, and called for more to be done to help the Rohingyas.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Washington, once an adversary, now describes a "wonderful" relationship, citing some political prisoner releases and new oil and mining deals.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Playing a hard-line political prisoner in 1983 Argentina, his Valentin starts the film rejecting everything it stands for: romance, fantasy, overwhelming emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Another prisoner in his barracks had a red triangle, so he was a political prisoner who had opposed Hitler.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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