Sentence examples for While persecuting from inspiring English sources

Turkey's recent policy shift in the Middle East, marked by a sudden alignment with Russia in facilitating the fall of rebel-held Aleppo, will have increasingly placed it in the firing line of a group that likes to claim it defends Sunni Muslim populations – all the while persecuting them.

Zohra provided an important example to all of us, not only showing the pain of sectarianism but pointing out the hypocrisy of claiming persecution while persecuting others.

Central to Mr. Rowland's case is that the church, while persecuting Galileo, let Copernicus alone.

The Chinese government must not be allowed to claim that China is a nation operating under the rule of law while persecuting those who try to ensure that it respects the law.

Pence said China is not being forthcoming about the real aims of its military expansion in the South China Sea and elsewhere, and that it was cheating and effectively extorting U.S. firms while persecuting and subjugating the Chinese people.

He accuses Cameron of tolerating eurosceptics who depart from the party line while persecuting him, a pro-European, for daring to express sincerely held doubts about the leadership credentials of a controversial fellow MEP.

A high priest among men, who did penance even while ruthlessly persecuting and even hanging heretics, Henry learned at the end of his days that clemency, goodness, and earthly justice do not necessarily benefit a prince.

The pro-Moscow government that was finally installed in the aughts has harnessed much of the religious rhetoric to fortify its own power, while also persecuting anyone who identifies with strands of Islam that it deems radical.

He ran for president with the ultraconservative National Liberation Movement and, once elected, expanded government efforts to bring armed rebels under control while also persecuting student radicals, workers' groups and political opponents.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for supporting freedom of speech in the Middle East while simultaneously "persecuting" his organization for leaking diplomatic cables.

- Governments the world over will speak out against the attacks, all the while continuing to persecute LGBTIQ people in their countries.