Sentence examples for increased persecution of from inspiring English sources

The last few weeks have featured plenty of discussion on whether NFL teams would consider openly gay college football standout Michael Sam a possible distraction and how Russia has been hosting the Winter Olympics at the same time it has increased persecution of LGBT individuals.

White House officials said the apparently increased persecution of the Bahai minority in Iran was "a serious issue with us, an important issue now". At least 150 Bahai men and women have been hanged or shot by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Government since it came to power in 1979.

The Amnesty International secretary general, Salil Shetty, writing in the foreword of the report, said 2016 had been a year of "unrelenting misery and fear" for millions, highlighting the bombing of Aleppo, increased persecution of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, and unlawful killings in South Sudan.

Even before the mandate, the desire for a Jewish homeland prompted a small number of Jews to immigrate to Palestine, a migration that grew dramatically during the second quarter of the 20th century with the increased persecution of Jews worldwide and subsequent Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany.

Ms. Jahangir said in a statement in March that she was concerned that "information gained as a result of such monitoring will be used as a basis for the increased persecution of, and discrimination against, members of the Bahai faith, in violation of international standards". Mr. Mohammadi, the Iranian press secretary, said he could not confirm whether such a document existed.

Due to these actions, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stated on 20 March 2006, that she "also expresses concern that the information gained as a result of such monitoring will be used as a basis for the increased persecution of, and discrimination against, members of the Bahá'í faith, in violation of international standards.

So, as I mentioned in my last post, Abbas Kiarostami's name isn't on the list of signatories to the call by Iranian artistic notables, in response to the ongoing and even increasing persecution of Iranian filmmakers and actors, for a worldwide boycott on Iran's official film industry and its bureaucrats.

During the reign of Henry III of Castile and Leon (1390 1406), Jews faced increased persecution and were pressured to convert to Christianity.

There can be no doubt that [it] will increase persecution and discrimination of Ugandans, as well as damage Uganda's reputation internationally.We ask the government of Uganda to protect all its citizens and encourage tolerance, equality and respect".

Copts in Egypt complain of increasing persecution, including official discrimination and attacks by Muslim extremists.

With the coming of Christianity, however, Egyptian religion faced increasing persecution, and the last temple was closed in AD 550.