1. POLITICAL PRISONERS

2. Rights at stake UDHR, Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. UDHR, Article 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile UDHR, Article 10: Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.

3. Rights at stake `Political imprisonment` is not a human rights violation per se. It is associated with human rights violations such as arbitrary arrest and detention, unfair trials, torture, disappearances

4. The ‘political’ Political policing: Using the police to suppress ‘political’ threats in society Political: politicization of identity

5. CSOs Amnesty International: ‘individuals and prisoners at risk’ – Detention and imprisonment – Enforced Disappearances – Prisoners of Conscience Human Rights Watch: – political prisoner: if they are imprisoned for exercising their right to free speech or religion, or for their peaceful political activities.