political prisoner
Example Sentences
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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
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
We know of this lullaby because Liebeskind, who was later killed at Sachsenhausen, transmitted the song there to Alexander Kulisiewicz, a Polish musician and political prisoner who had an eidetic memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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
From the moment she arrived at the District Jail, Alice Paul asked for political prisoner status.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
