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internal exile

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noun

a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.

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internal exile

He was sentenced to internal exile in the northern republic of Komi in the 1980s and returned to Moscow by 1985.

From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2023

Was Andrei Sakharov silenced by internal exile in Gorky?

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

It details the overlap of his life and career with that of his father, Ai Qing, a famous poet who was sent into internal exile in 1957, the year Ai Weiwei was born.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

Thich Quang Do, the patriarch of a banned Buddhist church in Vietnam, suffered prison, house arrest and internal exile for decades rather than submit to the Communist authorities.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2020

After three years of silence, banning, and internal exile, I looked forward to the chance to speak out before the people attempting to judge me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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