政せい治じ囚しゅう

noun

political prisoner

Refers to a person imprisoned for political reasons. Often used in news and human rights contexts. Compare with 政治犯, which can also refer to the crime or the criminal.

See also: 政治犯

• その国くにでは多おおくの政せい治じ囚しゅうが拘こう束そくされている。

  Many political prisoners are detained in that country.

• 彼かれは政せい治じ囚しゅうとして5年ねん間かん刑けい務む所しょにいた。

  He was in prison for five years as a political prisoner.