Sentence examples for actively persecuted from inspiring English sources

Although it confirmed a policy of open and free religious affiliation, Frelimo actively persecuted the country's more than 20,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, and its overall political and ideological emphasis discouraged religious expression and organization.

Mahfuz Anam, editor of Dhaka's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, the Daily Star, said Bangladesh faced an unprecedented situation where a press that was never entirely free was now being actively persecuted by the authorities.

That was due in part to the leftist or communist sympathies of many Pan-Africanist advocates, as in the late 1940s and early '50s, the United States was in the midst of a Red Scare, when Americans with communist affiliations or sympathies were actively persecuted and prosecuted.

He belongs to an ethnic group that has been barely tolerated in the Arab world when it hasn't been actively persecuted; but, sitting in judgment over a dictator responsible for the deaths of almost two hundred thousand Kurds, Judge Amin displayed respect and firmness in exactly the right proportion.

Following World War II, during a period of social repression when governments actively persecuted homosexuals, women developed networks to socialize with and educate each other.

Finally, the capture of the last French colony struck a decisive blow to the Atlantic slave trade, which had been made illegal by the British government in 1807 and was actively persecuted by the Royal Navy.

When people are giving money to actively persecute other people, I think the public should know about that and shame them.

By denying some citizens basic safety and care and actively persecuting others, we foster the cognitive openings for acting on impulsive violence.

IG predators can actively persecute competitors so that IG prey experiences an even greater risk of attack than extraguild prey [2].

"Much of the Polish resistance in its various movements not only failed to help the Jews but was also not infrequently actively involved in persecuting them".

Understanding that you're supposed to be persecuted, which means that if you're not being Jesusy enough to make people actively dislike you, then you're not being a very good Christian.