- List of political dissidents
Political dissidents are people severely persecuted by governments or other organizations for political reasons.
They are not necessarily the only or most important dissidents, but they become famous or semi-famous often through the stories told by themselves or by others.
Ancient Era
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Jesus Christ
*Saint John the Baptist
*Martin Luther Modern Era
Argentina
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Jacobo Timerman Brazil
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Leonel Brizola Bulgaria
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Georgi Markov Chad
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Outel Bono China
"See also
List of Chinese dissidents "
*Harry Wu
*Han Dongfang
*Wei Jingsheng
*Zhang Xueliang
*Zhao Changqing Colombia
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Íngrid Betancourt
*Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Czech Republic
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Václav Havel Dominican Republic
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Jesús de Galíndez El Salvador
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Óscar Romero Germany
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Martin Luther
*Thomas Müntzer
*Karl Marx
*Friedrich Engels
*Ferdinand Lassalle
*Jacob Grimm
*Wilhelm Grimm
*Wilhelm Liebknecht
*Clara Zetkin
*Rosa Luxemburg
*Karl Liebknecht
*Kurt Tucholsky
*Ernst Thälmann
*Adolf Hitler
*Carl von Ossietzky
*Max Hoelz
*Erich Mühsam
*Liselotte Herrmann
*Rudi Dutschke Ghana
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J. B. Danquah Greece
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Gregoris Lambrakis Indonesia
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer Korea
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Empress Myeongseong
*Kim Dae-jung
*Kim Young-sam Haiti
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
*Gérard Jean-Juste Hungary
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Anna Kéthly
*Pál Maléter
*Tivadar Soros India
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Mahatma Gandhi
*Jawaharlal Nehru
*Arundhati Roy Malawi
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Chakufwa Chihana
*Orton Chirwa
*Attati Mpakati Malaysia
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Anwar Ibrahim Morocco
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Mehdi Ben Barka Myanmar
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Aung San Suu Kyi Nicaragua
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Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal
*Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Nigeria
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Hafsat Abiola
*Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
*Obafemi Awolowo
*Ken Saro-Wiwa Pakistan
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Benazir Bhutto
*Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Peru
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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Philippines
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Benigno Aquino, Jr.
*Corazon Aquino
*Jaime Cardinal Sin
*Antonio Trillanes Poland
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Jacek Kuroń
*Lech Wałęsa Russia / Soviet Union
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
*Andrei Sakharov
*Anton Chekhov
*Fyodor Dostoyevsky
*Gary Kasparov
*Leon Trotsky
*Sergey Kirov
*Valery Sablin
*Zviad Gamsakhurdia
*Vyacheslav Chornovil
*Aleksandr Ginzburg
*Eduard Limonov Senegal
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Abdoulaye Wade Serbia
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Dobrica Ćosić Singapore
"See also
List of Singaporean dissidents "
*Chee Soon Juan South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
*Helen Suzman
*Walter Sisulu
*Oliver Tambo
*Chris Hani
*Ruth First
*Joe Slovo
*Winnie Mandela
*Bram Fischer
*Stephen Biko
*Donald Woods
*Desmond Tutu Syria
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Riad al-Turk Taiwan
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Chen Shui-bian
*Lei Chen Tunisia
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Sihem Bensedrine
*Néjib Chebbi
*Hamma Hammami
*Moncef Marzouki
*Zouhair Yahyaoui United States
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Thomas Paine
*John Brown
*Joseph Smith, Jr.
*Nicola Sacco and Bart Vanzetti
*Woody Guthrie
*Martin Luther King, Jr.
*Malcolm X
*Chief Joseph
*Roger Williams
*Sitting Bull
*Tecumseh
*Joe Hill
*Pete Seeger
*Mumia Abu-Jamal
*Ted Kaczynski Venezuela
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Rómulo Betancourt
*Leonardo Ruiz Pineda Vietnam
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Dương Thu Hương
*Nguyen Dan Que
*Nguyen Van Ly
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