Sentence examples for individual persecution from inspiring English sources

Even worse is the spreading individual persecution of land rights and environmental activists around the world, as embodied by the recent murders of leading activists in Honduras.

But many of the largest groups, such as Somalis, applying to enter Britain and other rich countries as refugees are not facing individual persecution but rather are caught up in regional conflicts or civil wars or even natural disasters.

Early on, Betts and Collier argue that post-war institutions such as the United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) are not keeping pace with shifts in the triggers of forced migration, from individual persecution to war and social disruption.

"We hear stories of reprisals, of shootings, of individual persecution of civilians who have remained in the city".

Mr Heseltine's real agenda lay deep in the detail of his Mail article where he made clear that the solution lies in persuading the rest of the European Union, and the United Nations if necessary, to tear up the 1951 Geneva Convention which guarantees the right of an individual fleeing persecution to seek asylum.

"In general, the processing of Red Notices and diffusions against refugees will not be allowed if the status of refugee or asylum-seeker has been confirmed and the notice/diffusion has been requested by the country where the individual fears persecution.

"This work is important because it seeks to bring clarity to a field that is hugely complicated and that affects the most vulnerable communities: individuals fleeing persecution, including women and children, unaccompanied children, and LGBTI individuals," Cowgill observes.

The suit says the new ban forces these aid groups to divert their resources from providing assistance and support to individuals fleeing persecution and violence.

"He campaigned to lower the voting age, founded the parliamentary human rights group and fought for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, taking up the cases of hundreds of individuals fleeing persecution.

"This action undermines the rule of law and is a great moral failure because it tries to take away protections from individuals facing persecution – it's the opposite of what America should stand for," Jadwat said.

The first step involves building an information center in Niger to offer guidance on resettlement for individuals fleeing persecution and poverty.