political prisoners
- plural of political prisoner.
Example Sentences
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But the Viasna rights group counts 852 political prisoners still behind bars Belarus.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It’s true, as Mr. Rubio said, that hundreds of political prisoners have been released since the start of the year and that some of them are important government critics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
She corresponds with Russian political prisoners and they passed on word of 15 Ukrainians whose families had no news of them.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
At Miami’s airport, Venezuelan journalists in exile pressed Plasencia about the possibility of returning to Venezuela and the more than 450 political prisoners still held here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
That month, I had another homecoming: I returned to Robben Island in order to persuade twenty-five MK political prisoners to accept the government’s offer of amnesty and leave the island.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
