Examples of political prisoner in a Sentence
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Kara-Murza is a dissident himself, and a political prisoner of Putin’s.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 May 2024
Alexei Navalny was being held captive — a political prisoner — and likely put to death in a faraway Russian prison 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Méndez said in her response that her father was a political prisoner in Cuba.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
Ko Bo Kyi, activist and former political prisoner living in exile in Mae Sot, Thailand.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
Navalny was Russia's highest profile political prisoner.
—Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
But last summer, after Russia’s politicized judicial system added 19 years for extremism to previous sentences totaling more than 11 years, Navalny wrote a long post on social media comparing himself to former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and accepting his fate as a political prisoner.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
The singer spoke up for the freedom of the Ukrainian people and against Russian leader Vladimir Putin — who many believe is directly responsible for the political prisoner’s still-unexplained death — before leading the crowd in a chant of Navalny’s name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
Elegantly directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, Sunset Baby centers on Kenyatta (a heartbreaking Russell Hornsby), a Black revolutionary and formerly incarcerated political prisoner who seeks out his adult daughter, Nina (played with lacerating force by Moses Ingram).
—Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 May 2024
Alexei Navalny was being held captive — a political prisoner — and likely put to death in a faraway Russian prison 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Méndez said in her response that her father was a political prisoner in Cuba.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
Ko Bo Kyi, activist and former political prisoner living in exile in Mae Sot, Thailand.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
Navalny was Russia's highest profile political prisoner.
—Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
But last summer, after Russia’s politicized judicial system added 19 years for extremism to previous sentences totaling more than 11 years, Navalny wrote a long post on social media comparing himself to former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and accepting his fate as a political prisoner.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
The singer spoke up for the freedom of the Ukrainian people and against Russian leader Vladimir Putin — who many believe is directly responsible for the political prisoner’s still-unexplained death — before leading the crowd in a chant of Navalny’s name.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
Elegantly directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, Sunset Baby centers on Kenyatta (a heartbreaking Russell Hornsby), a Black revolutionary and formerly incarcerated political prisoner who seeks out his adult daughter, Nina (played with lacerating force by Moses Ingram).
—Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Political prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20prisoner. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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