prisoners of conscience
Jailed for beliefs
Prisoners of conscience are people imprisoned for their beliefs, identity, or peaceful expression rather than for committing crimes.
The term, popularized by Amnesty International, typically applies to those jailed for political dissent, religious practice, ethnic identity, or similar nonviolent grounds: The regime held dozens of prisoners of conscience for criticizing the government.
- arbitrary detentionConfinement lacking legal grounds
- behind barsIn jail
- peaceful protestNonviolent collective expression of dissent
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
moral courage · freedom of religion · human rights violation · Amnesty International · habeas corpus · human dignity · hunger strikes · civil disobedience · due process · freedom of thought · civil liberties · rule of law · justice · whistleblowing · advocacy campaigns · equality · liberty · right to assembly
prisoners of consciencemurderers
Those who kill unlawfully
war criminals · rapists · terrorists · serial killers · felons
prisoners of conscienceoppressors
Those who subjugate others
dictators · tyrants · torturers · persecutors · jailers
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