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On the contrary, his fans encouraged the conspiracy theory that paints him as a political prisoner and the charges as "a political prosecution," as Charlie Kirk complained.

During the negotiations, the gunmen demanded the release of 91 political prisoners held in Iran as well as an aircraft to take them and the hostages out of the UK.

The Council of Europe rights watchdog has branded him a "political prisoner," while Amnesty International has called his treatment an "apparent political revenge".

The militants had threatened to kill hostages if authorities did not release Baloch political prisoners within 48 hours, according to local reports.

"Now we're facing a horrifying reality that our own student, a member of the Columbia community, has become a political prisoner here in the United States," Columbia University Professor Michael Thaddeus said in a statement.