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== Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2022 ==
The article says "Governments of various regime types — fascist, communist and theocratic — have held political prisoners".. what nonsense. The "democratic" capitalist countries have held plenty of political prisoners too.. see: Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard Peltier, The Cuban 5, etc.


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::Hi, change: proposed an additional reference weblink to this source (witness account of a political prisoner).
::The German version of the site is listed as weblink at the German Misplaced Pages page for this topic: https://de.wikipedia.org/Politische_Haft_(DDR) ] (]) 21:19, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
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"In the Soviet Union, dubious psychiatric diagnoses were sometimes used to confine political prisoners": this ]-centric canard again! The same thing is done in the U.S.! The pot is calling the kettle black! I am rewriting for NPOV. --]
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== Re-add Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan to the list ==
Any examples of that in the US, or are you all talk? ] 02:13, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)


On 13 November 2022, Misplaced Pages user ] removed ] from the heading infobox, noting that "abdullah öcalan is not a political prisoner, is a terrorist". Later it was discovered that that account was a sockpuppet of user ]. The ] reveals multiple abuses of pages relating to highly politicized topics, including articles such as ], ], ], ], and ], straying away from neutral language, and as ] put it, "Usual focus on terrorism in Turkey related articles".
== War on Drugs ==


The webpage for Öcalan already had discussions about the legitimacy of referring to him as a political prisoner; see: ].
The Wiki-] evidently find the following citation objectionable. Though the article alleges that ''ALL'' countries have examples of political prisoners, yet when some prominent Americans allege that the victims of the politically-motivated ] may be examples of political prisoners, such an example as follows cannot be cited, presumably due to irrational application of the ] ]:


Major points from this previous discussion:
:In America, ] and others have called those imprisoned due to the '']'', political prisoners .
*"...he is banned from holding a public office for life and engaged heavily in the peace process through his books and messages released from prison."
*"The EU court ruled he did not receive a fair trial."
*"Öcalan is seen by many independent sources as a political prisoner."
*"...he's been referred to as a political prisoner by the Turkish govt itself."


Perhaps there may not be a need to re-add him to the infobox, as it appears clean now with only four characters, but I suggest that he is at least added to the article's list of individuals. ] (]) 20:02, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
There's nothing irrational about it. Murderers, deserters and drug dealers are not political prisoners! -- Spock

:Let's not jump to conclusions! Especially not with the upcoming extradition case of ] and two fellow activists. Emery is charged with what American officials chose to call ]. However Emery's seed sale proceeds have been properly taxed and reported to the government from the beginning, and has been donated to political movements worldwide. From that perspective he would absolutely be a political prisoner in the event that the US is successful. Furthermore, since the length of Emery's sentence will depend on whether he regrets what he did or not (which is a blatant question of his political ideas) it's safe to say that he will be in prison for his beliefs. Though I don't want to write this in the article itself just yet, I'm getting political myself. And Misplaced Pages isn't a crystal ball either. ;) --] 00:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

== Mordechai Vanunu ==

Shouldn't he be included? He exposed the Israeli nuclear program in the eighties. He is free since 2004, but is not allowed to leave the country or to speak with foreign media. He risks more charges because he violated the latter restriction, something he feels is simply one of its human rights.
http://www.nonviolence.org/vanunu/ is a campaigning site for Mordechai


No. Mr. Vanunu sold nuclear secrets to a British newspaper -- he committed treason, straight up. -- Spock

I disagree. His rights are violated. His trial was not public. His arrest was on foreign soil.
] 22:23, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

So what? There's no dispute that he was guilty of the crime of which he was convicted: he readily admits he divulged his country's secrets for money. -- Spock 00:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages policy and precedent seems to pretty clear on this sort of debate: Include Vanunu only if there is a significantly large group that considers him to be one. If the group is not reputable, that should be noted.] 23:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Leonard Peltier ==
I updated the Leonard Peltier entry to be what I consider a more NPOV. I also removed the ] and reverted it back to ]. Pine Ridge was where the alleged crime happened, not where/who keeps him imprisoned. He is imprisoned by the United States. ] 17:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2022

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 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. EvergreenFir (talk) 16:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi, change: proposed an additional reference weblink to this source (witness account of a political prisoner).
The German version of the site is listed as weblink at the German Misplaced Pages page for this topic: https://de.wikipedia.org/Politische_Haft_(DDR) Gumbalaya (talk) 21:19, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
I am not familiar with the systema and edit modes. The change was inquired because the domain changed (old: stasiprison.org). Please check of the link works and resolves the correct source for this witness account. Gumbalaya (talk) 10:10, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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Re-add Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan to the list

On 13 November 2022, Misplaced Pages user Savy Wotton removed Abdullah Öcalan from the heading infobox, noting that "abdullah öcalan is not a political prisoner, is a terrorist". Later it was discovered that that account was a sockpuppet of user CarlostheJackal01. The investigation from 2022-2023 reveals multiple abuses of pages relating to highly politicized topics, including articles such as List of terrorist incidents in 1970, Falls Curfew, List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates, Corporate crime, and War crime, straying away from neutral language, and as FDW777 put it, "Usual focus on terrorism in Turkey related articles".

The webpage for Öcalan already had discussions about the legitimacy of referring to him as a political prisoner; see: Talk:Abdullah_Öcalan/Archive_2#Not_a_political_prisoner.

Major points from this previous discussion:

  • "...he is banned from holding a public office for life and engaged heavily in the peace process through his books and messages released from prison."
  • "The EU court ruled he did not receive a fair trial."
  • "Öcalan is seen by many independent sources as a political prisoner."
  • "...he's been referred to as a political prisoner by the Turkish govt itself."

Perhaps there may not be a need to re-add him to the infobox, as it appears clean now with only four characters, but I suggest that he is at least added to the article's list of individuals. 162.223.16.74 (talk) 20:02, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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