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To persecuted
verb
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
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The extra places – a one-off intake targeted to persecuted minorities, not a permanent increase to Australia's humanitarian program – would be additional to the humanitarian intake of 13,750 a year.
In 2010, U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 605 called for "an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners," condemned the Chinese authorities' efforts to distribute "false propaganda" about the practice worldwide, and expressed sympathy to persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their families.
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Even so, Licinius began to persecute Christians.
"It's all prosecution to persecute," Mr. Chamisa said.
Demonizing someone is a necessary first step to persecuting him.
Karzai promised not to persecute former Taliban who stopped fighting, and he has kept his word.
Charges of blasphemy are frequently used to persecute non-Muslims and members of minority Islamic sects.
If the authorities were seen to persecute Mr Erdogan, his support might grow.
During the Cultural Revolution, China's traditions were ravaged or subverted to persecute millions.
"It showed that I wasn't taking pictures to persecute them or get them in trouble.
Simon felt compelled to persecute the Essenes, who opposed the usurpation.
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