prisoner of conscience

His overtures toward nationalism haunted him for the remainder of his career—causing Amnesty International to revoke his “prisoner of conscience” status in 2021.

The comments led - controversially - to Amnesty International revoking his status as a "prisoner of conscience" in February 2021, before conceding it had been subjected to an "orchestrated campaign" to "delist" him and then reversing its decision.

Amnesty International has declared Skochilenko "a prisoner of conscience" - someone who is imprisoned solely because of who they are or what they believe.

Amnesty International has declared Skochilenko "a prisoner of conscience" - someone who is imprisoned solely because of who they are or what they believe.

Amnesty International has declared Skochilenko "a prisoner of conscience" - someone who is imprisoned solely because of who they are or what they believe.