dissidents

1. Persons who refuse to conform to prevailing political and social values.

Example Sentences

Planning permission for the embassy has previously been challenged amid fears that it could be used to spy on and interrogate dissidents.

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NAIROBI, Kenya—The Kenyan government is using special antiterrorism courts—established with U.S. money to combat al Qaeda—to threaten political dissidents with decades in prison.

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During the war, the number of dissidents murdered by Hamas’s Arrow Unit enforcers has increased sharply, their bodies dumped in the street or delivered to the front door of their families.

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The group warned Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists were being unjustly detained.

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Human rights groups believe there is an unwritten agreement among the four neighbouring countries to allow each other's security forces to pursue dissidents over the border.

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