He was not a political prisoner.

For the purposes of extradition between States Parties, the offence of enforced disappearance shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives.

Palestinian Political Prisoner Ex prisoner Association (HUSSAM), Gaza

The group was protesting against a decision by the prison authorities to force political prisoners to share cells with prisoners convicted of criminal offences, who allegedly ill treated them.

None of the offences set forth in article 2 of the present Convention shall be regarded, for the purposes of extradition or mutual legal assistance, as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives.

(d) The release by the Government of Myanmar of some two hundred forty nine political prisoners, while noting that over eleven hundred political prisoners remain incarcerated

1. For the purposes of extradition between States Parties, the offence of enforced disappearance shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives. Accordingly, a request for extradition based on such an offence may not be refused on these grounds alone.

Australia remained concerned about the problem of political prisoners, including in Tibet, and the number of executions carried out over the past year, particularly in Xinjian Province.

Call for an amnesty for all political prisoners.

(d) The release by the Government of Myanmar of two hundred and forty nine political prisoners on 6 July 2005, while noting that over one thousand, one hundred political prisoners remain incarcerated

(d) To release unconditionally and immediately all political prisoners

And not everybody on death row was a political prisoner.

(c) To immediately and unconditionally release all other political detainees

(d) To release immediately and unconditionally all detained or imprisoned political prisoners

The issue of political prisoners has developed into a complex and potentially explosive issue.

There has to be a role there has to be the creation of political noise and political costs in response to massive crimes against humanity, and so forth.

Continued violations of human rights were of concern and her delegation urged both the Saharan Government and Morocco to release all prisoners of war and political prisoners.

Despite repeated reminders from the EU, the Cuban government has done none of the things that the Union has been urging it to do for many years above all, to release all political prisoners and stop the persecution of independent civil society groups and the regime s political opponents. On the contrary, the Cuban government continues to detain prisoners of conscience and to criminalize demands for a society wide dialogue.

No consensus had been reached on who should be classified as political prisoners .

Local human rights groups say that more than half of the 7,000 prisoners being held in Burundi claim they are political prisoners.

(k) Recent measures to drop lawsuits against some political detainees as well as the liberation of some political detainees, while expressing its deep concern at the fact that at least some of the detainees were re arrested shortly thereafter on the basis of the National Security Forces Act, thereby perpetuating their detention

At the time he was looking after the rights of political prisoners in Italian jails.

Nine Puerto Rican political prisoners were currently serving sentences in federal jails of the United States.

Over the years, Puerto Rican political prisoners too had also suffered torture, including solitary confinement, pressure to renounce their political convictions and various forms of hardship.

To date, there reportedly remain over 1,100 political prisoners in Myanmar, including monks, lawyers, teachers, journalists, farmers, politicians, student leaders, writers and poets.

(a) The ongoing systematic violation of the human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, of the people of Myanmar

Over 1,000 political and religious prisoners were in detention and Aung San Suu Kyi remained cut off from the rest of the world.

During the reporting period 331 people were said to have been released.

It has been reported that according to the Government, those freed were inappropriately detained by purged military intelligence machinery.

Under no circumstances may extradition be stipulated for political offences, even where common crimes are the result of such offences ,

For more than 20 years, the Special Committee had been adopting resolutions demanding the release of political prisoners.

We often think of torture as being political torture or reserved for just the worst, but, in fact, 95 percent of torture today is not for political prisoners.

The draft should include a prohibition of countermeasures involving economic and political constraints directed against the territorial integrity or political independence of a State.

The question of political prisoners was not an issue, as the provisions of the Penal Code were perfectly clear.

The issue of political prisoners is still unresolved, though the Government has expressed its determination to deal with it in the shortest possible time.

Political prisoners should be released and international observers and independent journalists free to work.

However, there was an increase in criminality and targeted political violence in the city.

Accordingly, the United States must withdraw all of its armed forces from Puerto Rican territory, release all political prisoners and assist in Puerto Rico's political, economic and social development.

They recommended that adequate interpretation be ensured, and called for a study of indigenous political prisoners.

Canada's delegate to P8 Senior Expert Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime

7. Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to release immediately and unconditionally detained political leaders and all political prisoners, including journalists, to ensure their physical integrity and to permit them to participate in the process of national reconciliation

Economic, social and cultural rights were particularly relevant to United Nations agencies and the World Bank, not least because denial of those rights could lead to violations of civil and political rights.

It is the position of the Working Group that freedom of expression protects not only opinions and ideas that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also those that may offend actors in public life and politicians, including political leaders.

10. Welcomes the release from detention of a number of democratic political activists, and strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to release all remaining detained political leaders and all political prisoners, including journalists, to ensure their physical integrity and to permit them to participate in the process of national reconciliation

Conflicts, as well as civil and political strife, are closely linked to the formation and growth of criminal networks.