Moreover, they were allowed to enter Soviet psychiatric hospitals—including some of those most notorious for housing political dissidents—and interview patients at will.

此外，苏联的精神病院也可由他们自行进出，患者的访谈也随他们的意。 其中一些医院曾因收容异见分子臭名昭著。

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In mid-January, the government released a series of high-profile political dissidents from prison in an amnesty.

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In February, a United Nations envoy published a scathing report on Cuba's treatment of political dissidents in prison.

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Meanwhile, Iran's Supreme Court commuted death sentences on ex-secret agents found guilty of murdering four political dissidents in 1998.

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