The Amnesty International definition of "prisoner of conscience" seems to be: "someone has not used or advocated violence but is imprisoned because of who they

The Amnesty International definition of "prisoner of conscience" seems to be: "someone has not used or advocated violence but is imprisoned because of who they are or what they believe." The article says the offending remarks have not been specified but that he is/was super racist at one point. Is there any suggestion that he used or advocated violence? The only source I could find was an NPR article citing Amnesty International saying past comments "reach the threshold of advocacy of hatred"