prisoner of conscience

English

Etymology

Defined by Peter Benenson in his article "The Forgotten Prisoners" in 1961.

Noun

prisoner of conscience (plural prisoners of conscience)

1. Anyone imprisoned because of his race, religion, or political views.

Related terms

• political prisoner
• exile of conscience

Translations

person

• Arabic: سَجِين الرَأْي m (sajīn ar-raʔy)
• Belarusian: вя́зень сумле́ння m (vjázjenʹ sumljénnja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 良心犯 (zh) (liángxīnfàn)

• Dutch: gewetensgevangene (nl) m
• Finnish: mielipidevanki (fi)
• French: prisonnier d’opinion m
• Georgian: სინდისის პატიმარი (sindisis ṗaṭimari)
• German: Gefangener aus Gewissensgründen m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: prigioniero di coscienza m
• Japanese: 良心の囚人 (りょうしんのしゅうじん, ryōshin no shūjin)
• Khmer: អ្នកទោសនយោបាយ (neak tooh nəyyoubaay)
• Korean: 양심수 (ko) (yangsimsu), 량심수 (ryangsimsu) (North Korea)
• Polish: więzień sumienia (pl) m, więzień polityczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: prisioneiro de consciência m
• Russian: у́зник со́вести (ru) m (úznik sóvesti)
• Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach cogais m
• Spanish: preso de conciencia
• Swedish: samvetsfånge c
• Ukrainian: в'я́зень сумлі́ння m (vʺjázenʹ sumlínnja)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can