imprisoned

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Imprisoned Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called in a message published on Tuesday for all parties to the peace process in Turkey to make genuine efforts to ensure it succeeds.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Imprisoned at age 61, he served nine years in a remote northern Nevada prison, including a stint as a gym janitor.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he was serving his sentence and his whereabouts are unknown, his spokeswoman has said.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

Imprisoned somewhere in England, Jean Topsent would never receive Nanette's love letter.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023

Old State,—some souls are rudely sped— This record for thy Twentieth Corps,— Imprisoned, wounded, dying, dead, It only asks,—"Has Sparta more?"

From Ball's Bluff An Episode and its Consequences to some of us by Peirson, Charles Lawrence