dissident
Example Sentences
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She has spent years behind bars, and gained global attention for speaking out against the oppression of women and torture of dissidents under Iran’s theocratic regime.
Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, Venezuela, then a stable democracy, granted political asylum to scores of Panamanian dissidents.
Tens of thousands of political dissidents have been arrested, rights groups estimate.
From BBC
Since 2000, Chinese immigrants further diversified, including political dissidents, naturalised citizens, economic immigrants and Chinese medical practitioners, as well as "a number of migrants from Hong Kong," said Prof Wu.
From BBC
They fear the site could be used to surveil and harass dissidents.
From Barron's
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