Synonyms for political prisoner
po·lit·i·cal pris·on·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. political prisonernoun

   someone who is imprisoned because of their political views

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1. • Prisoner

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1. Aecio Neves:

   A nation like Brazil that has a president who was once a political prisoner cannot keep silent when it sees a neighboring country keep almost 90 political prisoners, it is time the Brazilian government acted in defense of democracy in Venezuela.

2. Colin Allred:

   Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for four months, and Russia is now engaging in theater by subjecting her to a sham trial in an effort to create a false pretense that she is anything other than a political prisoner.

3. Amy Berman Jackson:

   The defendant did not spend six months in jail because he is a political prisoner. He was not prosecuted for his political views, the defendant came to the Capitol because he placed his trust in someone who repaid that trust by lying to him.

4. Congressman Gohmert:

   Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like -- something I never thought I'd see here in the United States of America.

5. Pamela Anderson:

   It’s crazy that Julian is still being held as a political prisoner — after the UN has stated (and recently for a second time) that there is no reason for his detention and has ordered that the UK and Sweden release him, julian is an editor and a publisher.