persecution

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

He compared the plight of ultra-Orthodox men evading the military draft to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

Although Santa Cruz banned puma hunting in 2025, illegal persecution continues.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

This means that the Negro has been allowed to stand on his own merit; he has not been patronized as a dependent, neither has he met enmity and persecution because of his success or failure.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

“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

However, in the Commons on Tuesday, Sir Iain said the video was "not a very welcome statement to have made" given the "persecutions that have taken place in Afghanistan".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023

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

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