Sentence examples for persecuted for years from inspiring English sources

They have been persecuted for years by the government and nationalist Buddhists.

While none he left behind were arrested, his friends and family were persecuted for years as a result of their association with the now-criminal dancer.

TURMOIL IN BAGHDAD -- Shiite Muslims living in a ragged enclave on the city's eastern fringe were persecuted for years under Saddam Hussein's government and are looking forward to a freedom many have never known.

"My daughter was systematically persecuted for years, but still, I didn't believe they would actually kill her," said Berta Flores, 83, sitting next to the candlelit altar adorned with fresh flowers and photographs.

His troubles were agonising to hear of at the time, and he was needlessly persecuted for years, even by the Ally McBeal producers who fired him after he won them an Emmy and substantially rebooted their ratings.

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I have been persecuted for twelve years for something I did not do.

After being persecuted for eight years under the rule of the powerful emperors Aurangzeb and Shah Jahān, he was appointed governor of Kabul (now in Afghanistan) in 1699 by his father.

It has a great deal to do with the history of the Jewish people, who have been persecuted for thousands of years for being part of a particular religious community.

Because they have been persecuted for hundreds of years, enslaved at some points in history, subject to attempted genocide in others, and subject to systemic discrimination (and increasingly, violence and inhumane treatment) today.

It isn't hard to grasp the survivalist tenets of Jew-on-Jew dating and mating -- after all, we've been persecuted for thousands of years.