The phrase "are persecuted by a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing oppression or discrimination against a group or individual by another entity or group.
Example: "Many individuals in the region are persecuted by a regime that does not tolerate dissent."
Alternatives: "are oppressed by a" or "face persecution from a".
"Snowden is being persecuted by a huge institution," said Marcus Ho, a retiree who said that he seldom attended rallies.
"It's almost unbelievable that women in Northern Ireland are still being persecuted by a Victorian-era abortion ban," she added.
Some of his constituents have complained that Warner was being persecuted by a Eurocentric organization because he was black, a notion he has not disavowed.
Its complex story, related at breakneck speed, tells of a civil servant in 14th-century China who is persecuted by a villainous general and compelled to kill himself.
But supporters like Mary Lu, 45, a homemaker who was out cheering for Mr. Soong, say he has been persecuted by a vindictive Mr. Lee.
She explains that The Bone Season is a fantasy set in 2059 about a clairvoyant in a world where clairvoyant's are being persecuted by a dystopian state.
It is slowly dawning on everyone that the current situation is likely to drag on for a long time, and there is a rancor in the air, a feeling that Mexicans are being persecuted by a nasty and arbitrary god.
Elsewhere Vimes is persecuted by a green imp inside a "dis-organiser", a gift from his wife, and by a meticulous accountant called AE Pessimal, sent by the Patrician to order his papers.
Losing is prima facie evidence that the basic conservative claim is true: that the country is run by liberals; that the world is unfair; that the majority is persecuted by a sinister elite.
As a teen-ager, in the late sixties he played Prince Edward in a musical film adaptation of "The Prince and the Pauper": a clip on YouTube shows an adolescent Morse being persecuted by a mob of singing tramps, led by the late John Spencer, who appeared in "The West Wing".
