their human rights, review all laws used to arrest, prosecute, and punish individuals as political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and provide recommendations to the Burmese Government for the repeal or amendment of all such laws. 8. Definitions In this Act: (1) Prisoner of conscience The term prisoner of conscience means a person imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted primarily because of his or her political, religious, or other conscientiously held beliefs, ethnic origin, sex, race, ethnicity, language, national or social origin, economic status, birth, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or for exercising his or her right to freedom of expression or other human rights, and who has not used violence or advocated violence. (2) Political prisoner The term political prisoner means a person who is arrested, detained, or imprisoned for political reasons under political charges or wrongfully under criminal and civil charges because of his or her perceived or known active role in, perceived or known supporting role in, or perceived or known association with activities promoting freedom, justice, equality, human rights, or civil and political rights, including ethnic rights.