He defended the whites-only membership policy by saying that "when the political elite stop persecuting our members for political reasons [and] stop doing them down, turning them into second-class citizens, then we'll review our membership policy.
Because the BBC was in such trouble post-Hutton and because the government could ill afford to be seen to be persecuting the BBC, Grade (and subsequently Grade and Thompson) had considerable negotiating influence with the department for culture, media and sport.
It is the first custodial sentence for the crime of persecuting raptors, or birds of prey, in Scotland.
But in the current global slump, Bangladesh's economic growth is also expected to fall, from about 6.2% in 2008.On past form, Bangladesh's voters might expect their new government to devote itself not to their welfare but to persecuting its rivals and looting the public purse.
Republicans accuse the taxmen of persecuting anti-tax groups.
So an elite law-enforcement agency in his ministry, which is supposed to take on drug kingpins and other crooks, is busy chasing lowly bloggers.By persecuting Thais who give vent online, these moral guardians may be adding to the anger against Bangkok's elite and, perhaps, fanning the flames of republicanism.
Politicians are wary of persecuting such well-disciplined gatherings and the police have largely stayed their hand.
Ultimately, we should be thanking immigrants for underpinning our economy, not hunting them like deer and persecuting them like criminals.Carsten Belanich Seattle, WashingtonSIR —The inconsistencies and irrationalities in the immigration 'compromise' now being discussed in the US Senate stem from conflicting attitudes toward Hispanic, and to a lesser extent, Asian immigrants.
Unnerved, the authorities began persecuting the opposition.Kazakhstan's economy is in better shape than those in the other ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, and the country now also has a substantial middle class (by local standards).
Two leading watchdogs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, submitted excoriating reports, noting the country's failure to stop persecuting dissidents and to end discrimination against religious minorities and women (see our article above).
Germany, for example, says refugees must prove that the state is persecuting them; in the British definition, it can be racist gangs, political movements, criminals or whoever.Even if a different legal framework is a necessary condition, it is certainly not a sufficient one.
