A political prisoner is someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticized the government responsible for their imprisonment.

• There can be no political prisoners in a democracy, nor detention without trial in a state of law.
  • Gideon Levy, In a Democracy, Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Would Be Free (June 21, 2018), Haaretz.

• Political prisoners, detention without trial and unlimited imprisonment define tyranny.
  • Gideon Levy, In a Democracy, Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Would Be Free (June 21, 2018), Haaretz.