Editing Political prisoner (section)

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* In the [[Soviet Union]], [[Sluggishly progressing schizophrenia|dubious psychiatric diagnoses]] were sometimes used to confine political prisoners in the so-called ''"[[psikhushka]]s"''.
* In [[Nazi Germany]], [[Marxists]] and [[social democrats]] were among the first victims of fascist repression, later groups included the [[Nacht und Nebel|"Night and Fog" prisoners]] and [[priest]]s.<ref>Evans, R. J. (2006). The third Reich in power (Vol. 2). Penguin.</ref>
* In the [[United States]], [[African-American]] activists such as the [[Wilmington Ten]] (which included [[Benjamin Chavis]]), have been wrongfully imprisoned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/opinion/sunday/pardons-for-the-wilmington-10.html?_r=0|title=Pardons for the Wilmington 10|date=22 December 2012|work=[[The New York Times]] Sunday Review|page=SR10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/28/the_wilmington_10_north_carolina_urged|title=The Wilmington 10: North Carolina Urged to Pardon Civil Rights Activists Falsely Jailed 40 Years Ago|website=Democracy Now!|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>
* Approximately 3,600 British and Irish convicts were sent to Australia in the 1700–1800s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Tony |date=3 September 2009 |title=Conviction politics: How convicts shaped Australian democracy |url=https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2019/09/03/1376101?slug=conviction-politics-how-convicts-shaped-australian-democracy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215125504/https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2019/09/03/1376101?slug=conviction-politics-how-convicts-shaped-australian-democracy |archive-date=15 December 2023 |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=Monash Lens}}</ref>
* According to human rights groups, there are some 60,000 political prisoners in [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=No political prisoners freed as Egypt pardons thousands on Eid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/5/24/no-political-prisoners-freed-as-egypt-pardons-thousands-on-eid |work=Al-Jazeera |date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
* The July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt in [[Turkey]] led to over 77,000 people being [[2016–present purges in Turkey|formally arrested]].<ref>{{cite news |date=25 July 2018 |title=Turkey arrests German for spreading Kurdish propaganda: Anadolu |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-turkey-security/turkey-arrests-german-for-spreading-kurdish-propaganda-anadolu-idUSKBN1KF2ZX |work=Reuters}}</ref>
*Many victims of the [[Cambodian genocide]] have been described as political prisoners.<ref name=":2" />