Sentence examples for be persecuted by from inspiring English sources

In the 1930s the language's speakers were regarded as sufficiently dangerous to be persecuted by Stalin.

He may even claim to be persecuted by the medical establishment.

The Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius A Ncube, said those deported would be persecuted by the Mugabe regime as "traitors".

Asked what would happen to a whistleblower who exposed Russian secrets, Nikitin said that he or she would likely be persecuted by the state.

Worse still, they continued to be persecuted by the same law until 1969, which saw a further 50,000 sentenced for the crime of being gay.

The men are understood to fear that their families in Afghanistan will be persecuted by the Taliban once their names are made public.

He was persecuted by the guards.

The "Tolstoyans" themselves were persecuted by the Bolsheviks.

They can rest easy without being persecuted by the police.

He said he was being persecuted by his successor, President Ma Ying-jeou.

As a teenager, he was persecuted by the security forces.