剥夺政治权利是人民法院适用的剥夺犯罪分子参加国家管理和政治活动权利的刑罚方法。无论是修订前的刑法还是修订后的1997年刑法,剥夺政治权利都是刑事处罚方法之一——附加刑的一种。公民的政治权利是人民群众在国家政治、经济、文化等生活 Deprivation of political rights is a punitive measure applicable to people’s courts that deprives criminals of their right to participate in state management and political activities. Both the pre-amendment criminal law and the revised 1997 criminal law, the deprivation of political rights is one of the criminal penalties - one of the additional penalties. The political rights of citizens are the people’s life in the country’s politics, economy and culture