Below you will find example sentences with "political prisoners". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Political Prisoners in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: prisoners
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 18
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "political prisoners" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 000 other political prisoners in a, and for political prisoners sentenced to, released, government and party stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with political parties, political party and political interference, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with political prisoners
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
A few days ago he saw such a book ‘Torture of Political Prisoners in India’. (15 words)
Governments often say they have no political prisoners, only prisoners held under the normal criminal law. (16 words)
At the same time, the party cancelled political trials, released political prisoners and endorsed a multi-party political system. (19 words)
Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said it is not known how many of the political prisoners will be among those released, if any, but any such action would be taken to burnish the image of the military government. (44 words)
Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place. (43 words)
The sign features an upside-down 'B', which has been interpreted as an act of defiance by the prisoners who made it. citation citation In 1933 the first political prisoners were being rounded up for an indefinite period without charges. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said it is not known how many of the political prisoners will be among those released, if any, but any such action would be taken to burnish the image of the military government.
That is why I was confident that a government led by a party of former political prisoners would release the political prisoners left.
In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held in Burmese prisons.
The amnesty in March 1953 was limited to non-political prisoners and for political prisoners sentenced to not more than 5 years, therefore mostly those convicted for common crimes were then freed.
Governments often say they have no political prisoners, only prisoners held under the normal criminal law.
In 1998, Iraqi opposition groups accused Qusay of ordering the execution of thousands of political prisoners after hundreds of inmates were similarly executed to make room for new prisoners in crowded jails.
Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place.
The sign features an upside-down 'B', which has been interpreted as an act of defiance by the prisoners who made it. citation citation In 1933 the first political prisoners were being rounded up for an indefinite period without charges.
At the same time, the party cancelled political trials, released political prisoners and endorsed a multi-party political system.
Like many political prisoners, she went underground and eventually left the United States by seeking political asylum in Cuba.
Since taking power, Abiy has freed political prisoners and loosened what was once one of Africa’s most repressive political and economic systems.
But let’s return to Cuba’s political prisoners for a moment, the whole point of the symposium which was squelched by strident political theatrics.
The government has denied holding any political prisoners but says the releases will foster national debate and “widen the political sphere”.
Thereafter hundreds of political prisoners and dissidents were pardoned and released from imprisonment or internal banishment, without being obliged to offer guarantees that they would not resume political activities on regaining their freedom.
A few days ago he saw such a book ‘Torture of Political Prisoners in India’.
During his dictatorship, some 40,175 people were executed, detained and disappeared, or tortured as political prisoners, according to Chile's Ministry of Justice.
He had been held, along with around 5,000 other political prisoners, in a sports stadium where he was interrogated, tortured and then killed.
If people were to hear some of the reasons why political prisoners had been sent to the labor camp that I was confined in, they wouldn’t believe them.
Mr Corbyn has previously written to the head of Iran's Judiciary, urging him to reverse protesters' convictions of the death penalty and release all political prisoners.
Ntwali also recently covered the plight of political prisoners in Rwanda, and allegations that detained YouTubers had faced torture behind bars.