POLITICAL PRISONERS IN EXILE
U.S. nationals (or permanent residents) who fled the United States to escape prosecution and were granted political asylum elsewhere. Includes Assata Shakur (Cuba, since 1984), Ishmael LaBeet / Ismail Ali (Cuba, since 1985), William Lee Brent (Cuba, 1969–2006), Edward Snowden (Russia, since 2013), John Anthony Robles (Russia, since 1995), John Dougan (Russia, since 2015), Barry Cooper (Mexico, since 2011), Gavin Seim (Mexico, since 2017), and Bill Haywood (Soviet Russia, 1921–1928).