political prisoner
Example Sentences
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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
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
He served as an economic policy adviser to State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar and was a political prisoner there, 2021-22.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
