Sentence examples for current persecution from inspiring English sources

She is artist in residence at Lime Wharf Gallery in London, where she is launching a series of exhibitions, Prime Minister No More Scars, which elucidates the historical and current persecution of intersex and trans people in western culture.

They drew comparisons between their compatriot's current "persecution" by Britain, and that of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi of Benin and Jaja of Opobo, two traditional rulers from the same Niger Delta region as Ibori whose historic resistance to the British colonial government fetched them exiles in foreign lands.

He lets me know he would just tell federal agencies to lay off Christians, and that the current persecution stems from Obama's abuse of executive power.

It is myopic in thought to think that wearing a historically racist flag while racism still runs rampant means anything more than just mocking your personal privilege while ignoring the current persecution of others.

He has compared gays to Nazis and said gay people should be banned from public office; he has called for an end to Muslim immigration into the United States and a ban on the building of new mosques; he has said that Native American communities deserved past persecution and current poverty because of a refusal to convert to Christianity; he has even compared low-income African Americans to animals.

Buying into the current claim that Christians suffer persecution in the UK, many appear compelled to resist the academic critique of the traditions and texts they hold dear.

Zimbabwe, scene of bloody repression in past weeks, comes fourth but the appeal deals not with current events but with the persecution of a movement called "Women of Zimbabwe Arise", an admirable but narrower cause.Another of Amnesty's 12 campaigns is on "Poverty and Human Rights" which asserts: "Everyone, everywhere has the right to live with dignity.

"You are being robbed of this natural treasure by one simple thing... illegal persecution and at the current rate, your children or grandchildren will not have this bird on their British list.

Songs of a Semite (1943), the title based on a poem by Emma Lazarus, was a suite of dances that wove together her personal history, biblical stories, and current events to express themes of persecution, exile, and suffering.

The new approach is used when covering "big issues affecting UK wildlife – such as badger culling, deer management and rare raptor persecution – "all divisive and current aspects" of rural conservation.

In any event, he says, bearing in mind the government's current xenophobic attitude, "One can expect persecution of those scientists who do the research in collaboration with foreign colleagues".