How to Use political prisoner in a Sentence

political prisoner

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• In the prison, she is forced to wear a yellow badge on her chest identifying her as a political prisoner.
  — Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• My uncle was 25, and his stint as a political prisoner lasted eight months.
  — Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Méndez said in her response that her father was a political prisoner in Cuba.
  — Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
• So for every political prisoner that Egypt releases, three more are jailed.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Ana of Coral Gables recalled when a reporter wrote about her father, a Cuban political prisoner.
  — Amanda Rosa may 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
• Kara-Murza is a dissident himself, and a political prisoner of Putin’s.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 May 2024
• The film also stars Diego Luna, who plays political prisoner Valentin.
  — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
• Guanipa spoke via video link from Venezuela after being released earlier this year from detention, where he had been held as a political prisoner.
  — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
• Before the war, Alexander was held as a political prisoner at Oranienburg, one of the first concentration camps built by the Nazis.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
• He has been designated a political prisoner by human rights defenders.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• And Mahshid Nazemi, a former political prisoner and activist who now lives in France, said at least one friend was detained and questioned about contact with her.
  — Amir Hussein Radjy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
• And Mahshid Nazemi, a former political prisoner and activist who now lives in France, said at least one friend was detained and questioned about contact with her.
  — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
• López is a renowned former political prisoner, while Toledo is one of the members of the opposition's delegation for talks with the government.
  — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 July 2024
• The musical film follows a plot revolving around a political prisoner named Valentín who shares a cell with a window dresser named Molina.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
• Even when a political prisoner is released, their liberty remains conditional.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
• In prison, Panahi met activist and political prisoner Mehdi Mahmoudian and the two collaborated on the screenplay for the film.
  — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
• His father was jailed twice as a political prisoner in Cuba, once for 16 days in 1961 and for 72 days in 1966.
  — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
• Sotoudeh, who has spent her career defending political prisoners, human rights advocates, and women’s rights activists, is now a political prisoner herself.
  — Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
• Fatemeh Sepehri, a political prisoner from Mashhad, has openly advocated for removing the supreme leader and holding free elections to draft a new constitution.
  — Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
• But pessimism about recent events in Venezuela isn’t shared by all opposition supporters, including former political prisoner Luis Mata.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
• In the scene, Panahi trades grisly interrogation stories with the activist and fellow former political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
• Roberto Marrero, a former Venezuelan political prisoner who returned to his home country earlier this month, described the atmosphere in Caracas as one of fear and uncertainty.
  — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• In 2018, he was arrested by Venezuelan intelligence services and held for years without trial, becoming himself a political prisoner.
  — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
• They were shared on social media by the former political prisoner and prominent opposition figure Jose Daniel Ferrer, who was released and sent into exile in Miami last year.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
• Perhaps the most extreme case is that of Josnars Baduel, son of the late Defense Minister Raúl Isaías Baduel, himself once a political prisoner.
  — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
• In both Wilde’s play and Strauss’s opera, Salome is obsessed with Jokanaan (John the Baptist), who is being held as a political prisoner in a cistern, his disembodied voice floating around the stage.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• Medical student turned political prisoner.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Puig's novel served as the source material for the 1985 film adaptation that earned William Hurt an Oscar for his portrayal of political prisoner, Molina.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
• The story follows Valentín, played by Diego Luna, a political prisoner, who shares a cell with Molina, played by Tonatiuh, convicted for public indecency.
  — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The original musical follows a gay window dresser, Luis Molina, who shares a prison cell in Argentina with Marxist political prisoner Valentin Arregui.
  — Samantha Allen, Them., 2 Sep. 2025