political prisoner
Britishnoun
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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
Luis Robles, 33 years old, a political prisoner in Cuba until October and now in exile in Spain, said, “The situation for ordinary Cubans is very hard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
It was exceedingly odd that a convicted prisoner like Dinath was permitted to stay together with a political prisoner awaiting trial.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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