Oblici i učinkovitost političke opozicije komunističkom režimu u Jugoslaviji, u posljednjem desetljeću njezinog postojanja, još uvijek nam u dobrom dijelu ostaju nepoznanicom. Slučaj Janjka Sarajlića, pojedinca koji se, uslijed zamršene osobne i obiteljske povijesti osuđen na drugorazrednu egzistenciju, drznuo pobuniti, zbog toga prisilno otišao „na privremeni rad u inozemstvu“, potom usudio unijeti u okvir zatvorenog društva nedopuštenu literaturu, zbog čega je uhićen, osuđen te je kaznu služio u nekim od najzloglasnijih kaznionica u državi, a potom se u inozemstvu odlučio aktivno boriti protiv jugoslavenske države, posebno je indikativan za poznavanje problematike nenasilnog otpora komunističkoj Jugoslaviji. Stoga, pored analize djelovanja Janjka Sarajlića, čovjeka o kojemu je tadašnji hrvatski emigrantski tisak naveliko pisao i o čijoj sudbini novodostupno arhivsko gradivo donosi niz podataka, ali je ona svejedno nepoznata, kako u široj javnosti, tako i u uskim okvirima hrvatske historiografije, sljedeće rečenice donose i razmatranja o političkom kriminalu, naravi pravosuđa i zatvorskog sustava te uključenosti emigracije u pokušaje političkih i društvenih promjena u komunističkoj Jugoslaviji.; The case of the political prisoner and émigré Janjko Sarajlić should be treated as a contribution to the knowledge of the variations of the political opposition to the Yugoslav communist regime in the last decade of its existence. Living in poverty, Sarajlić found a way of making a living for himself and his numerous family in West Germany. However, in this state he also experienced a space of freedom, i.e. became acquainted with a different image of the situation in Yugoslavia and accordingly developed a strongly critical attitude toward communism. Subsequently, due to an alleged minor breach of the regulations – bringing prohibited literature into the state - he was accused of having committed a political crime. After the trial he was de facto declared an enemy of the state and was sent to some of the most notorious prisons of communist Croatia (the penal and correctional institutions of Stara Gradiška and Lepoglava). Long-term imprisonment, along with various types of repression, additionally strengthened his hostile attitude toward the regime. Sarajlić’s oppositional activities – possession of prohibited literature, hunger strikes, refusal of work, the writing of petitions and submissions, work for international human rights organizations, membership in Croatian emigrant organizations and his writing efforts – should be evaluated non-violent forms of resistance. In this respect Sarajlić can be defined as an enemy of the state or as a political opponent of the Yugoslav communist regime, who tried to bring about a change in the situation, primarily the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the establishment of an independent Croatian state, through peaceful means. In practice, his forms of struggles failed to achieve his aspirations, i.e. the disintegration of Yugoslavia; however these struggles should not be underestimated.