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

She herself is the daughter of a former defense minister who died in prison in 2021, and the sister of another political prisoner held for "terrorism."

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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

Powers's new prison cell, which he shared with a political prisoner from Latvia, was even smaller than his previous one.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau