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Mitra Samani, a former political prisoner held for four years in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison in the early 1980s, traveled from Los Angeles to attend.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In another example of a ruthless campaign to crush dissent, Cuban authorities sentenced the wife of a Cuban political prisoner to 14 years in prison for charges of acting against state security, for which she had been previously acquitted due to lack of evidence.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Related Stories This new version, written and directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, stars Diego Luna as Valentín, a political prisoner who shares a jail cell with Molina, played by breakout star Tonatiuh.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The human rights group Viasna said in a post on Telegram that among those released is Mikola Statkevich, a former Belarusian presidential candidate and political prisoner who was detained in 2020 and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony.
—Darya Tarasova, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In another example of a ruthless campaign to crush dissent, Cuban authorities sentenced the wife of a Cuban political prisoner to 14 years in prison for charges of acting against state security, for which she had been previously acquitted due to lack of evidence.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Related Stories This new version, written and directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, stars Diego Luna as Valentín, a political prisoner who shares a jail cell with Molina, played by breakout star Tonatiuh.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The human rights group Viasna said in a post on Telegram that among those released is Mikola Statkevich, a former Belarusian presidential candidate and political prisoner who was detained in 2020 and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony.
—Darya Tarasova, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Political prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20prisoner. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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