; and (B) has not used violence or advocated violence or hatred. (2) Political prisoner The term political prisoner applies to a person who has been detained or imprisoned on politically motivated grounds. Political prisoners may have used or advocated violence or hatred, or in some cases they may have committed some minor offense, which is a pretext for a politically motivated imprisonment. 4. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to support Burma’s democratic transition to a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous state; (2) that prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Burma should be unconditionally and immediately released and all charges or other proceedings against them should be abandoned; (3) to use all diplomatic tools to ensure that all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Burma are released