English-Portuguese translations for political asylum

• asilo político
  Foi-lhe concedido asilo político em Dezembro do mesmo ano.He was granted political asylum in December of the same year.
  Se algumas delas não quiserem ir para casa, podem pedir asilo político aos seus carcereiros. If some do not wish to go home, they can ask their gaolers for political asylum.
  Também nós somos confrontados com os pedidos de asilo político dos chechenos. We too are required to grant Chechens political asylum in our countries.

Definition of political asylum

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

Related words

• political
• geopolitical
• apolitical
• nonpolitical
• politically
• geopolitically
• sociopolitical
• socio-political
• apolitically
• unpolitical