Sentence examples for persecuted due to from inspiring English sources

In British-ruled India, wolves were heavily persecuted due to their attacks on sheep, goats and children.

Born in Baghdad in the 70s, Blasim was persecuted due to his criticism of Saddam Hussein, and left the city to teach film in 1998.

FBI officers reported "his brooding over the bad luck he is having making a living" due to his nationality and that he felt persecuted.

The end of 1949 was characterized by a nervousness rising to panic due to a fear that the nationalists would persecute fellow Indonesians who had been cooperative with the Dutch.

Egypt was transformed, almost overnight, from a country that persecutes Hamas into one that welcomes them with open arms, due to the Brotherhood connection.

This confuses the claim being made, which is that America has persecuted African-Americans as a class, and individual African-Americans deserve redress due to their membership in that class.

The newspaper is due to be relaunched in September.The Philippine Daily Inquirer says it is being persecuted by the president because of its critical coverage in particular its stories that suggest a resurgence of cronyism.

It was obviously due to his excellent relationships with popes and clerics that he was not persecuted and was able during his own lifetime to publish his rather heterodox writings, which went on the index shortly after his death.

Both Socialists and Christian Socials were persecuted under the Nazi regime, and the national liberal camp was scarred after the war due to guilt by association with National Socialism.

Although the species is not persecuted (except for driving them away from pastures by herders on horseback) in Ladakh largely due to the Buddhist beliefs of the local pastoral communities, this perceived conflict is currently one of the most serious issues being faced by the local district administration and the wildlife department, with vehement demands for compensation.

Perhaps the Ugandan refugee actually DOES feel shame saying he's from Uganda due to the anger and rejection he feels towards a government that wanted to persecute him.