Sentence examples for be persecuted on from inspiring English sources

No-one should be persecuted on the basis of caste or faith". To pocket the cash, couples need to have their marriage certificate authenticated by a magistrate before being forwarded on to the local authorities, the website says.

"There isn't a 'mere likelihood' that these people will be persecuted on returning to Syria.

It follows that if they are accepted as constituting the only creed that everybody is obliged to profess, people cannot be persecuted on account of their beliefs.

All the circumstances lead to the conclusion that he will be persecuted on his return to Bahrain," said his solicitor Leqa al-Habib.

… People are persecuted on political and language grounds".

Mbaye is convinced that Abeid is being persecuted "on account of his campaigning".

Therefore it is a responsibility of us as Muslims to make it very clear to the world that American Muslims are persecuted on a religious basis".

"My heart goes out to all who, this day, whatever their beliefs, are being persecuted on religious grounds," the prince said.

US asylum law protects people who are persecuted on the basis of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or particular social group.

Kiir, a rustic figure wearing a black cowboy hat, called for reconciliation, but also alluded to rebel groups that were still being persecuted on the Sudanese side of the border.

The convention currently states that anyone is entitled to asylum if they are being persecuted on grounds of "race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion".