tù nhân lương tâm

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Vietnamese

Etymology

tù nhân (prisoner) +‎ lương tâm (conscience). Likely a calque of English prisoner of conscience, because such a concept is not acknowledged by the Vietnamese government as existent in Vietnam. Compare Japanese 良心の囚人 (ryōshin no shūjin).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier người) tù nhân lương tâm

  1. a prisoner of conscience