List of people who took refuge in a diplomatic mission explained

Because diplomatic missions, such as embassies and consulates, may not be entered by the host country without permission (even though they do not enjoy extraterritorial status), persons have from time to time taken refuge from a host-country's national authorities inside the embassy of another country.

Nameclass=unsortable Notabilityclass=unsortable Reason for seeking refugeCountryclass=unsortable CityMission's countryStart dateEnd dateDurationclass=unsortable Resolution
John William, Baron RipperdaDismissed Prime Minister of SpainSought for fraud, embezzlementMadriddata-sort-value=1726-04-13data-sort-value=1726-12-31[1] data-sort-value=407407 daysArrested by the Spanish from inside of Ambassador's official residence (in breach of international law)[2]
José Tadeo MonagasPresident of VenezuelaMarch RevolutionCaracasdata-sort-value=1858-03-15data-sort-value=1858-08-31170 days

The Venezuelan government, along with the other signatories (United Kingdom, France, the United States, Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain) agreed to offer safe conduct to Tadeo Monagas, who left to France

José Manuel BalmacedaPresident of ChileDefeated in the Chilean Civil WarSantiagodata-sort-value=1891-08-29data-sort-value=1891-09-18data-sort-value=2020 daysCommitted suicide
Khalid bin BargashSultan of ZanzibarDefeated in the Anglo-Zanzibar War ZanzibarZanzibar Towndata-sort-value=1896-08-27data-sort-value=1896-10-02data-sort-value=3636 daysEvacuated by German Navy to exile in German East Africa[3]
Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan novelist, story-writer and journalistPolitical persecution after criticising the military regimeAsuncióndata-sort-value=1947-01-01data-sort-value=1947-12-31data-sort-value=4040 days[4] Negotiated exile in Argentina[5]
Leonardo Argüello BarretoPresident of NicaraguaOusted by Anastasio Somoza GarcíaManaguadata-sort-value=1947-05-26data-sort-value=1947-12-31data-sort-value=7 monthsNegotiated exile in Mexico
Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorrePeruvian political theorist and politician; founder of APRAAPRA was outlawed by the Peruvian military-led dictatorshipLimadata-sort-value=1949-01-03data-sort-value=1954-04-06data-sort-value=19195 years, 3 months, 3 daysAfter heavy international pressure, was finally allowed to leave the country
Jacobo Arbenz GuzmánPresident of GuatemalaOusted by Carlos Castillo ArmasGuatemala Citydata-sort-value=1954-06-27data-sort-value=1954-06-28data-sort-value=11 dayNegotiated exile in Mexico
Imre NagyDeposed Prime Minister of HungarySoviet intervention during Hungarian Revolution of 1956Budapestdata-sort-value=1956-11-04data-sort-value=1956-11-22data-sort-value=1818 daysReceived a written guarantee of safe passage, but was nonetheless arrested upon leaving by the new, pro-Soviet government; later executed.
József MindszentyHungarian cardinaldata-sort-value=1956-11-04data-sort-value=1971-09-28data-sort-value=544115 yearsNegotiated exile in Austria
Reino HäyhänenSoviet Lieutenant ColoneldefectionParisdata-sort-value=1956-11-04data-sort-value=1957-05-31data-sort-value=6 monthsMoved to the United States
Governor of the Federal District1958 Venezuelan coup d'état against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez JiménezCaracasdata-sort-value=1958-01-23data-sort-value=1958-01-263 daysLeft to Puerto Rico, then later to mainland United States[6]
Sharif Ali bin al-HusseinIraqi princecoup led by Abd al-Karim QasimBaghdaddata-sort-value=1958-07-15data-sort-value=1958-09-15data-sort-value=2 monthsLeft to exile in Egypt, later to Lebanon and Britain
Narciso Campos PontigoCaptain of the Cuban Rural Guard before 1959, biological father of the Cuban dictator Raúl CastroJailed after the Cuban revolutionHavanadata-sort-value=1959-01-01data-sort-value=1959-12-31Set free by personal order of Raúl Castro; got asylum in the Brazilian embassy, then fled to the United States[7] [8] [9] [10]
Humberto DelgadoGeneral of the Portuguese Air Force and opponent of the Salazar regimeRan for President in 1958, lost to Américo Tomás in disputed results and was expelled from the militaryLisbondata-sort-value=1959-01-12data-sort-value=1959-04-20data-sort-value=9898 daysWent into exile in Brazil
Olga María Rodríguez Farinas (later Olga Goodwin) and her (and William Alexander Morgan's) two daughtersCuban revolutionary who, along with her U.S.-born husband William Alexander Morgan, fought in the Cuban Revolution that deposed Fulgencio Batista and led to Fidel Castro's rise to powerescaping persecution from Fidel Castro, whom Olga's husband was accused of conspiring against[11] Havanadata-sort-value=1960-12-31data-sort-value=1961-03-31data-sort-value=3 monthsLeft the Embassy in order to try to set her husband free; her husband was executed, and she was arrested and imprisoned for 12 years.
José SerraBrazilian politician; at the time, militant against the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)escaping persecution from the Brazilian military governmentBrasíliadata-sort-value=1964-04-01data-sort-value=1964-07-31data-sort-value=2408 monthsWas granted safe conduct to leave into exile
Kong LeRoyal Lao Army Major-General[12] [13] escaped an unsuccessful Coup d'étatVientianedata-sort-value=1966-10-17data-sort-value=1966-10-171 dayLeft into exile to Indonesia
Leon VeillardCaptain in the Haitian Army and one of the leaders of the Tonton Macoute militiaLabeled as a traitor by dictator Papa Doc, who feared he was plotting to overthrow his government and sentenced him and others to die.[14] Port-au-Princedata-sort-value=1967-01-01data-sort-value=1967-12-31[15] 18 colleagues of Veillard were executed, but he received asylum in the Brazilian Embassy and fled to Florida
José SerraBrazilian politician; at the time, militant against the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)escaping persecution from the Brazilian military governmentSantiago19731973data-sort-value=2408 monthsWas granted safe conduct to leave into exile
Around 800 foreigners and 600 Cambodians, including Dith Pran, Sydney Schanberg, Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, Princess Mam Manivan Phanivong, and the Cambodian ministers for health and finance. The French Embassy in Phnom Penh provided temporary refuge following the fall of Phnom Penh.Phnom Penhdata-sort-value=1975-04-17data-sort-value=1975-04-30Most Cambodians were expelled from the embassy, and many were subsequently executed by the Khmer Rouge. Foreigners and their Cambodian wives were allowed to travel overland to Thailand.
Elena QuinterosUruguayan school teacher, detained during the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay on June 26, 1976 and taken to the torture centre 300 CarlosEscaped detentionMontevideodata-sort-value=1976-06-28data-sort-value=1976-06-28The embassy's personnel attempted to help Quinteros, but she was forcibly taken by Uruguayan policemen and soldiers, and days afterwards she was tortured and killed. The incident prompted Venezuela to break diplomatic relations with Uruguay.
Cuban diplomats and civiliansEscaped gunfire at the Cuban EmbassyPersecution after the Chilean military coupSantiago de Chiledata-sort-value=1978-09-111978Safely brought out of Chile. Cuban embassy under Swedish protecting power for 18 years. Ambassador Harald Edelstam later declared persona non grata.
Donald WoodsSouth African anti-apartheid journalistPersecution by apartheid government LesothoMaserudata-sort-value=1978-01-01data-sort-value=1978-01-31Fled to London, with the help of the British High Commissioner and government of Lesotho, where he was granted political asylum
The Siberian SevenSiberian Pentecostalsprevented from emigrating[16] Moscowdata-sort-value=1978-06-27data-sort-value=1983-06-27data-sort-value=18265 years (last of them)Allowed to emigrate to Israel and later the U.S.
Havana Peruvian embassy crisisOver 10,000 Cuban citizensdiplomatic protectionHavana4 April 19801980Peru granted diplomatic protection to the Cuban citizens. The incident led to the Mariel boatlift.[17]
Ange-Félix PatasséCentral African opposition leaderopposing Andre Kolingba governmentBanguidata-sort-value=1982-02-27data-sort-value=1982-03-03data-sort-value=44 daysNegotiated exile to Togo
Francisco René Bobadilla PalomoMinister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food under President Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcíadeposed by a military junta headed by Efraín Ríos MonttGuatemala Citydata-sort-value=1982-01-01data-sort-value=1982-12-31Governing junta granted all asylum-seekers safe passage to leave the country
Fang Lizhi and his wifedissident in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989Beijingdata-sort-value=1989-06-05data-sort-value=1990-06-25data-sort-value=385385 daysNegotiated flight to the United States
Olivia ForsythSouth African apartheid era ex- spy agent[18] defection to ANCLuandadata-sort-value=1988-05-02data-sort-value=1988-11-16data-sort-value=198198 daysNegotiated flight to the United Kingdom
Hou Dejiandissident in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989Beijingdata-sort-value=1989-06-01data-sort-value=1989-08-16data-sort-value=7272 days[19] Negotiated exit and deported back to native Taiwan
Manuel NoriegaMilitary dictator of PanamaUnited States invasion of PanamaCiudad de Panamadata-sort-value=1989-12-24data-sort-value=1990-01-03data-sort-value=1010 daysNegotiated arrest by United States forces
Michel AounLebanese Army commanderdefeated in Lebanese Civil WarBeirutdata-sort-value=1990-10-01data-sort-value=1991-08-27data-sort-value=10 monthsLeft to exile in France
Hailu YimenuEthiopian Derg-era acting prime ministerFall of the Derg-regime of Mengistu Haile MariamAddis Ababadata-sort-value=1991-05-27[20] 1993data-sort-value=2 yearsCommitted suicide
Tesfaye Gebre KidanEthiopian Derg-era acting presidentdata-sort-value=1991-05-27data-sort-value=2004-06-04[21] data-sort-value=475713 years, 1 week, 1 dayDied after an incident at the embassy[22]
Berhanu BayehEthiopian Derg-era senior official29 years, 7 months, 3 daysSentenced to death in absentia in 2008.[23] Remained in the embassy until granted parole in December 2020.[24]
Addis Tedla
Erich HoneckerGeneral Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of GermanyIndicted in Germany for the deaths of 192 East Germans who tried to leave the GDR in violation of anti-Republikflucht laws.Moscowdata-sort-value=1991-12-24data-sort-value=1992-03-01data-sort-value=6868 daysExtradited by the Yeltsin administration back to Germany
Mohammad NajibullahPresident of AfghanistanAfghan Civil WarKabuldata-sort-value=1992-04-16data-sort-value=1996-09-27data-sort-value=16254 years, 5 months, 11 daysTortured and killed by the Taliban
Sylvestre NtibantunganyaPresident of Burundimilitary coup d'étatBujumburadata-sort-value=1996-07-23data-sort-value=1997-06-30data-sort-value=11 monthsNegotiated exit
Abdullah Öcalanfounding member of the Kurdistan Workers' PartyTurkish manhuntNairobidata-sort-value=1999-01-01data-sort-value=1999-02-15data-sort-value=1 monthArrested on the way to the airport and tried and imprisoned in Turkey.
João Bernardo VieiraPresident of Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Civil WarBissaudata-sort-value=1999-05-01data-sort-value=1999-06-30data-sort-value=1 monthNegotiated exile in Portugal
Alassane OuattaraPresidential candidate in Côte d'IvoireFirst Ivorian Civil WarAbidjandata-sort-value=2002-09-19data-sort-value=2002-11-30data-sort-value=2 monthsNegotiated exile in Gabon and France
44 North Koreans refugees, including children and two former political prisonersRefugees fleeing political repression in North Korea and fearing Chinese collaborationPolitical crackdown and impoverishment in North KoreaBeijingSeptember 29, 2004December 22, 20042 months, 7 daysNegotiated transfer with China. First group of 15 people believed to be taken to South Korea, the remaining 29 were sent to an undisclosed, safe third country (likely South Korea)[25]
Lucio GutiérrezDeposed President of EcuadorTried to interfere in the country's Supreme Court amid a growing political crisis and protests; was declared impeached by Congress and replaced by the Vice-PresidentQuitodata-sort-value=2005-04-15data-sort-value=2005-04-24data-sort-value=99 daysNegotiated exile in Brazil, then went to Peru, then to the United States; returned to Ecuador and disputed the Ecuadorian general election, 2009
Morgan TsvangiraiCandidate for President of Zimbabweviolence during Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008Hararedata-sort-value=2008-06-22data-sort-value=2008-06-25[26] data-sort-value=33 daysAfter negotiations with opponent Robert Mugabe, accepted joining a coalition government and was sworn-in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Anwar IbrahimDe facto Leader of the Opposition MalaysiaDeath threats and alleged sodomy chargeKuala Lumpurdata-sort-value=2008-06-29data-sort-value=2008-06-30data-sort-value=11 dayLeft after assurance of his safety by Malaysian police. Was arrested on 16 July, and released without charges on 17 July. Won the August elections and returned to Parliament as formal leader of the Malaysian opposition
Andry RajoelinaDeposed mayor of Antananarivo, unilaterally self-proclaimed as president of the Republic of Madagascar on January 31, 2009.Arrest warrant during the 2009 Malagasy political crisisAntananarivodata-sort-value=2009-03-06data-sort-value=2009-03-16data-sort-value=1010 daysWas appointed as president of the caretaker government by Hippolyte Rarison Ramaroson after Marc Ravalomanana resigned and fled the country
Alberto PizangoPeruvian indigenous leaderCommanded protests against the Peruvian government by indigenous Amazonians who seized control of a natural gas field and a petroleum pipelineLimadata-sort-value=2009-06-08[27] data-sort-value=2009-06-17[28] data-sort-value=99 daysGranted asylum and flown to Nicaragua
Manuel Zelaya[29] Ousted President of Honduraswanted by authorities for putative crimes against the National ConstitutionTegucigalpadata-sort-value=2009-09-21data-sort-value=2010-01-28data-sort-value=129129 daysNegotiated exile in Dominican Republic
Wang LijunFormer police chief of ChongqingConflict with Bo Xilai (Wang Lijun incident)Chengdudata-sort-value=2012-02-06data-sort-value=2012-02-07data-sort-value=11 day"Left of his own volition" and taken by central government authorities
Amadou Toumani TouréMalian deposed presidentmilitary coup d'étatBamakodata-sort-value=2012-04-18data-sort-value=2012-08-31data-sort-value=4 monthsfled to Senegal
Chen Guangchengblind civil rights activistescape from house arrestBeijingdata-sort-value=2012-04-26
data-sort-value=2012-05-02data-sort-value=66 daysLeft to go to hospital under unclear circumstances. Was later able to go to the U.S with his family.
Roger PintoBolivian Senator; leader of the oppositionPolitical persecution by Government of President Evo MoralesLa Pazdata-sort-value=2012-05-28data-sort-value=2013-08-23data-sort-value=455455 daysLeft the Embassy in a diplomatic car accompanied by the Brazilian Chargé d'affaires; they drove for 22 hours until arriving in Brazil[30]
Julian AssangeAustralian political activist, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaksTo avoid extradition for questioning about alleged rape and sexual abuse in Sweden and to the United States on a now unsealed Grand Jury indictmentLondondata-sort-value=2012-06-19data-sort-value=2019-04-11data-sort-value=24876 years, 9 months, 23 daysAsylum revoked by Ecuador, arrested by Metropolitan Police[31]
Mohamed NasheedFormer President of the Maldives, who resigned in 2012 claiming to have suffered a coup d'étatFearing for his life at the hands of the police after ex-Human Rights Minister and a Brigadier General revealed information about assassination plot after Court order issued for police to arrest him[32] [33] [34] Malédata-sort-value=2013-02-13data-sort-value=2013-02-23data-sort-value=1010 daysLeft the Indian High Commission after deal brokered by India[35]
Bosco NtagandaFormer commander in the March 23 MovementInfighting within the March 23 Movement and possibly vulnerable to Rwandan government[36] Kigalidata-sort-value=2013-03-18data-sort-value=2013-03-22data-sort-value=44 daysTurned over to the International Criminal Court
100 BurundiansStudentsAggression from the Government of Burundi[37] Bujumburadata-sort-value=2015-06-25data-sort-value=2015-06-25[38] Left peacefully at request,[39] relocated to a center run by a religious entity
Ri Ji-u,
Kim Uk-il, and
Hyon Kwang-song
Suspects in assassination of Kim Jong-namInvestigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam[40] Kuala Lumpurdata-sort-value=2017-02-13data-sort-value=2017-03-30data-sort-value=4545 daysCleared of wrongdoing by Malaysian police and allowed to return to North Korea
José Fernando NúñezJustices of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela in exilePolitical persecution by the government of Venezuela after their appointment by the National Assembly Caracas83 daysLeft Venezuela in car to Chile[41]
Ramón Linares
Zuleima Gonzales
Beatriz Ruiz
Freddy GuevaraVice-president of the National Assembly of Venezuela and National Coordinator of Popular Will partyPolitical persecution by the government of Venezuela for leading protests against the regime[42] [43] Caracasdata-sort-value="2017-11-04" data-sort-value="2020-09-09" data-sort-value=1040 2 years, 10 months, and 5 daysLeft the embassy after being pardoned by Nicolás Maduro.[44] Was afterwards arrested in 2021
Leopoldo LópezOpposition leader, founder of Popular Will and Sakharov Prize recipientFreed from house arrest during the 2019 Venezuelan uprising[45] Caracasdata-sort-value=2019-04-30data-sort-value=2020-10-25data-sort-value=5441 year, 5 months, 3 weeks, 4 daysFled to Madrid, Spain[46]
Deputies of the National Assembly of VenezuelaPolitical persecution by the Venezuelan government after the 2019 Venezuelan uprisingCaracas[47] [48] 6 months, 3 weeks and 1 dayFled to Italy[49]
Richard Blancodata-sort-value=2019-5-9[50] data-sort-value=2019-6-17data-sort-value=411 month, 1 week and 3 daysFled to Colombia[51]
Franco Caselladata-sort-value=2019-5-14[52] data-sort-value=2019-09-20[53] data-sort-value=1294 months, 6 daysFled to Spain[54]
Evo Morales ministers2019 Bolivian political crisisLa Paz[55] [56] [57] 1 month, 1 week, 2 daysFled to Mexico via Peru
Pedro Damián Dorado
Héctor Enrique Arce[58] 10 months, 1 week, and 4 daysLeft embassy after the 2020 Bolivian general election[59]
Eduardo Zavaletadata-sort-value=2020-11-04 data-sort-value=317 10 months, 1 week, and 5 days
Wilma Alanocadata-sort-value=2020-11-05 data-sort-value=318 10 months, 1 week, and 6 days
data-sort-value=2020-11-08 [60] data-sort-value=321 10 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days
Nicolás Lagunadata-sort-value=2020-11-10 [61] data-sort-value=323 10 months, 2 weeks, and 4 days
Víctor Hugo Vásquezdata-sort-value=2020-11-10 data-sort-value=323 10 months, 2 weeks, and 4 days
Jorge GlasFormer vice-president of EcuadorAlleged political persecution in Ecuador after being convicted twice for corruption.[62] QuitoDecember 18, 2023[63] [64] April 5, 2024data-sort-value=109 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 daysArrested by the Ecuadorian police from inside the Mexico's embassy (in breach of international law). Mexico broke relations with and sued Ecuador at the International Court of Justice.
Ricardo MartinelliFormer president of PanamaConviction for money laundering[65] [66] [67] Panama Citydata-sort-value="2024-02-07" OngoingOngoing
Magalí Meda, Claudia Macero, Humberto Villalobos,, Omar González, and Fernando Martínez MotollaVenezuelan opposition figuresPolitical persecution by the Venezulan government following the ban of opposition candidate María Corina Machado in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential electionCaracasMarch 25, 2024[68] [69] [70] OngoingOngoing

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