Sentence examples for being persecuted for it from inspiring English sources

"Instead, I'm being persecuted for it".

Despite being persecuted for it, impoverished peasants turned increasingly to Tonghak ("Eastern Learning"; see Ch'ŏndogyo), a syncretic, nationalistic religion that opposed Western culture and espoused equality of all people.

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"I'm trying to uphold British culture and I'm being persecuted for it," says Pride.

"People who want to choose to use psychedelics in a way that has minimal impact on themselves and others are being persecuted for it.

"I'm trying to uphold British culture and I'm being persecuted for it," says Pride. "Pride's case gives the British government the chance to show that its dreams for "Empire 2.0" are based on more than a desire for cash – that this country might recognise the role it has played in the situation Anglophone Cameroonians find themselves in".

As an agent in Russia's FSB, Litvinenko blew the whistle on systemic corruption and was persecuted for it.

Having realised immediately after the crime what an enormous media opportunity the scandal could be for him, Rinino turned himself in, in 1997 – right when he couldn't be persecuted for it anymore.

So, basically breaking this down, there are questions which need to be answered by the D. James Kennedy Ministries before it goes about declaring that it is being "persecuted for its religious beliefs" by SPLC.

Golden Dawn describes itself as nationalist, not fascist, and contends that it is being persecuted for its political beliefs.

But refugees in Canada must show that they have, as the government puts it, a "well-founded fear of being persecuted" for religious, racial or political reasons.