Many were unjustly imprisoned for political reasons from "summary" of The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
The prisons of our land overflowed with those who had been unjustly accused of political crimes. Men and women who had committed no offense except to think differently from the ruling powers found themselves behind bars, their voices silenced and their freedoms stripped away. The wheels of justice turned not in search of truth and righteousness, but in service of a cruel and oppressive regime. The accusations were often vague and unsubstantiated, mere whispers of dissent or perceived disloyalty. No evidence was needed, no trial conducted with fairness and impartiality. The accused were condemned before they even set foot in a courtroom, their fate sealed by the whims of those in power. In the eyes of the state, they were guilty simply for holding beliefs that challenged the status quo. The prisons became breeding grounds for despair and suffering, where the innocent mingled with the guilty in a sea of misery and hopelessness. Families torn apart, children left to fend for the...
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