dissidents

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

Over the next three decades, HKA called on authorities to accept responsibility for the crackdown, free dissidents and introduce democratic reform.

From BBC

The party is unlikely to relax its tight control of the media or harsh treatment of dissidents, more than 160 of whom are in jail, according to Human Rights Watch.

From Barron's

On Jan. 3 the regime held more than 800 dissidents in its grim jails.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed, the nine MPs raise security concerns about the proposed site, while warning it would be used to "step up intimidation" against dissidents.

From BBC

Former intelligence agents and dissidents who monitor Cuba’s security apparatus estimate that some 140 officers were assigned to provide personal security services to Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal