Anticipating Release
Political prisoners live in anticipation of their release, and a return to their families. Political prisoners have been deliberately kept in prisons hundreds of miles away from their families, preventing regular visits. When families visit, they are allowed only fifteen minutes every two weeks, and a jailer is always present. Members of the same family have also been imprisoned at the same time, creating even more of a burden. This failure to provide a political prisoner adequate time to see their family is a form of psychological torture.

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