Political prisoners

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and ideologies he championed are collectively known as Saddamism, a right-wing variant of Ba'athism.

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019

8th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)

German social democrat politician (1840–1913)

President of Angola (1975-1979)

someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticized the government responsible for their imprisonment

Filipino senator and governor of Tarlac (1932–1983)

Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist

German politician (1894–1964)

Algerian and French writer

prosaist, short story writer, publisher, and radio editor (1914-1980)

Albanian politician (1917–1949)

Ugandan musician, activist, actor and politician

Azerbaijani activist

German writer (1900-1979)

Bulgarian politician

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Portuguese politician (1863-1925)

German artist and art collector (1878-1941)

Angolan writer

Albanian politician (1935-2006)

Ecuadorian indigenous activist

German polticial scientist and jurist (1906–1985)

German astronomer (1897-1989)

Chadian soldier

victim of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1942–1973)

Iranian-born journalist & double spy

Nicaraguan officer (1947–2024)

German Resistance fighter against Nazism and Communist (1911-1944)

German trade unionist and politician (1884–1969)

Filipino politician and lawyer (1914-1980)

Brazilian politician

German chess player (1958-2010)

Spanish writer (1918-2003)

Tunisian poet, writer, journalist and human rights activist

Algerian politician (born 1958)

Azerbaijani journalist

Colombian indigenous activist (1880-1967)

Eritrean poet, writer and journalist

Moroccan military officer

writer

Cameroonian politician and activist (1951–2025)

Russian human rights activist

Member of Las Trece Rosas