political asylum

English

Noun

political asylum (uncountable)

1. The protection, by a sovereign state, of a person who is persecuted in their own country for their political opinions or activity

Translations

protection by a sovereign state

• Arabic: لُجُوء سِيَاسِيّ m (lujūʔ siyāsiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 政治庇護 / 政治庇护 (zh) (zhèngzhì bìhù)

• Crimean Tatar: siyasiy sığınaq
• Czech: azyl (cs) m
• Finnish: poliittinen turvapaikka
• French: asile politique (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლიტიკური თავშესაფარი (ṗoliṭiḳuri tavšesapari)
• German: politisches Asyl n, Asyl (de) n
• Hungarian: menedékjog (hu)
• Japanese: 政治亡命 (せいじぼうめい, seiji bōmei)
• Korean: 비호 (ko) (biho)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: politisk asyl n

  Nynorsk: politisk asyl n

• Portuguese: asilo político m
• Romanian: azil politic n
• Russian: полити́ческое убе́жище (ru) n (politíčeskoje ubéžišče), убе́жище (ru) n (ubéžišče)
• Spanish: asilo político m
• Swedish: politisk asyl c