political prisoner

C3121
concept

A political prisoner is an individual detained or imprisoned primarily because of their political beliefs, activities, or opposition to the governing authority, rather than for a recognized criminal offense.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
political prisoner canonical 68
former political prisoner 8
political prisoners 1

Instances (77)

Instance Via concept surface
Ales Bialiatski
Bhai Parmanand
Ahmed Kathrada
Federico Sánchez is the clandestine alias of Jorge Semprún
surface form: Jorge Semprún
former political prisoner
Mac Maharaj
Luis Corvalán
Martin Niemöller
Fedor Reingold
Konstantin Berman-Yurin
Liu Xiaobo
Mutulu Shakur
Joe McDonnell
Ruth First
Eduard Holtzman
Maung Thura
Oscar López Rivera
Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega
surface form: Eskinder Nega
former political prisoner
Marwan Barghouti
Mahadev Desai
Li Hai
Azimjan Askarov
Su Su Nway
Carl von Ossietzky
József Pehm
Benigno Aquino Jr.
Elias Motsoaledi
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Hubert Gerold Brown
Anar Mammadli
Alexei Navalny
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Cardinal József Mindszenty
surface form: József Mindszenty
Carlos Araújo
Álvaro Cunhal
Octávio Pato
Milovan Đilas
Kathrada
surface form: Ahmed Kathrada
Ales
surface form: Ales Bialiatski
Bialiatski
surface form: Ales Bialiatski
Eskinder Nega former political prisoner
Nasrin Sotoudeh
Aron Atabek
Sathyandranath Ragunanan
Ingrid Betancourt former political prisoner
Perl Karpovskaya
surface form: Polina Zhemchuzhina
Polina Molotova
surface form: Polina Zhemchuzhina
Bram Fischer
Abdullah Öcalan
John O’Leary
Ruchell Magee