In slightly earlier studies, possibly due to higher persecution rates, the mean number of young leaving the nest was often lower, such as 1.77 in Bavaria, Germany, 1.1 in lower Austria and 0.6 in southern Sweden.
There are occasional flare-ups, but the flames of high-visibility persecution have largely been extinguished for the time being.
The witness cannot be identified because of the high risk of persecution by the Chinese authorities.
For the chance to earn salaries 10 times as high as in Niger, persecution and prejudice in an Arab-dominated country where Africans were treated as second-class citizens were worth putting up with.
Yet, at the same time, he shows (whether in scenes of Adèle's persecution in high school or her inhibition with her parents) that groups erect walls of identification as a psychological (and, when necessary, even physical) means of self-defense, when society at large doesn't do so.
Seventy-five countries criminalize homosexuality and in many other countries they face high levels of discrimination, persecution and violence.
Surely, such violent persecution ranks high on the priority list, especially when it involves literally millions of people.
Even if the figure is higher, in this century "persecution is clearly no longer the norm", says Brent Fulton of ChinaSource, a Christian group in Hong Kong.That is largely because many officials see advantages in Christianity's growth.
PARIS — The United Nations refugee agency said Monday that as of last year, 43.7 million people around the globe had been forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict or persecution, the highest number in 15 years.
After WWII, South America became a refuge for former high-ranking Nazis fleeing persecution.
