Sentence examples for persecuted in the first from inspiring English sources

As books and films have recorded, gays and lesbians were viciously persecuted in the first decades of the Castro revolution.

The memorial serves as an important reminder that not only Jews were persecuted in the Second World War, as many other minority groups were targeted as well.

If Sakuragi was lucky enough to be persecuted in the United States, he would "only" face imprisonment, anywhere from 10 years (first office) to life (third offense).

Today, both Muslim sects and non-Muslim minorities are being persecuted in the Middle East, but people are apt to forget that the Jews were one of the first.

Members of the community were persecuted in the 15th and 17th centuries.

Human rights organisations have long campaigned on behalf of those persecuted in the strictly religious society.

The couple told the immigration adjudicator that they are being persecuted in the United States.

He says the Tatars were unjustly persecuted in the past as were Russians.

Gays and lesbians in particular are persecuted in the SADC, and South Africa would do well to share the lessons of its human rights approach with sexual minorities.

Almost all major religions have been highly persecuted in the past (e.g. Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism).

And the reason for their having been persecuted in Uganda in the first place was linked, in many cases, to their very inability to fit in, to their gender nonconformity.