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Throughout its history and into the present, the United States has held political prisoners, people whose detention is based substantially on political motives.. Prominent U.S. political prisoners have included anti-war socialists, civil rights movement activists, conscientious objectors, and War on Terrorism detainees.
This is a list of heads of government who were later imprisoned. There have been several individuals throughout history who served as head of state or head of government (such as president , prime minister or monarch ) of their nation states and later became prisoners.
The following is a list of writers who have described their experiences of being political prisoners. Those included in the list are individuals who were imprisoned for activities ranging from peaceful dissent to violent revolutionary activity. Some were citizens of the countries whose regimes imprisoned them and others were foreign nationals.
Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, in 1995. [120] Joe Kolter (D-PA) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and sentenced to 6 months in prison (1996). [121] [122] Wes Cooley (R-OR) was convicted of having lied on the 1994 voter information pamphlet about his service in the Army.
Aung San Suu Kyi was an Amnesty International-recognized prisoner of conscience from 1989 to 1995, from 2000 to 2002, and from 2003 to 2010. [ 67 ] Main article: Political prisoners in Myanmar
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by the United States (6 P) Pages in category "Political prisoners in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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The concept of a political prisoner, like many concepts in social sciences, sports numerous definitions, and is undefined in international law and human right treaties. [2] [1] Helen Taylor Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon in 2009 that "standard legal definitions have remained elusive", but at the same time, observing that there is a general consensus that "individuals have been sanctioned by ...