persecution

In statements recorded during the trial, the couple described themselves as "prisoners of conscience" who had faced state persecution.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Last year, the United States launched a programme to resettle white Afrikaners who claim they face persecution in South Africa, which the government rejects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Over the 1950s and ’60s most of them fled or emigrated to Israel, driven both by anti-Jewish persecution and by the desire to be part of the Jewish state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Protection is only granted if there is an actual, well-founded fear of persecution," Germany's migration and asylum agency, BAMF, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Jehovah’s Witnesses held out, too, refusing to salute the Nazi flag even though it meant persecution.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

“I think of Germany, Hitler and the persecutions there, I thought that was just history,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

What may help reduce the persecutions, as in South Africa, is providing pensions to the elderly, which appears to confer social protection.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

"We must stop illegal departures and human trafficking," Ms Meloni said, but stressed that she does not intend "to question the right of asylum for those fleeing wars and persecutions".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022

She endured the persecutions heaped upon her by the Government with exemplary fortitude and never wavered from her commitment to the freedom struggle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela