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POLITICAL PRISONER [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Police
DEF

Any prisoner whose case has a significant political element: whether the motivation of the prisoner's acts, the acts in themselves, or the motivation of the authorities.

CONT

Political ideologists and terrorist groups seize hostages in order to ... obtain the release of so-called political prisoners ...

OBS

The category of political prisoners includes people who resort to criminal violence for a political motive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Police
DEF

Toute personne détenue par les autorités de son pays pour des raisons ayant un lien avec la politique.

OBS

Ce lien peut tenir à la nature des faits qui leur sont reprochés, aux motivations qui les ont fait agir, ou à celle des autorités qui ont engagé les poursuites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Policía
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