Who is a political prisoner? I tackle this question in my forthcoming article at @Journal_of_GSS. Scholars define political prisoners either through a) prisoner's political motivations or b) state's political motivations. I suggest the latter approach is better. Why? 1/10 #PolSci If we define political prisoners via prisoner's motivations, each politically motivated action ranging from right-wing extremism to jihadism would qualify a prisoner as political. Hence, we should focus on political biases of states. But how can we identify state biases? 2/10