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Embassies shelter dissidents across decades and nations
Embassies have long protected dissidents from host countries, a practice that has helped fugitives like Mindszenty and Fang Lizhi. The refuge often strains missions while easing political outflows, with notable cases in Cuba, the Soviet Union, and South Africa amid shifting international tensions.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Josef Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Fang Lizhi
Beijing
Latin America
China
Fang
Peter
Tamoff
Council On Foreign Relations
State Department
Charles M. Lichenstein
United Nations
Heritage Foundation
Washington
Mindszenty
Hungary
Vatican
Soviet Union
Moscow
Cuba
South Africa