Sentence examples for persecuting a from inspiring English sources

The action against Mr. Egan gives the appearance, perhaps inadvertently, that the agency is persecuting a longstanding critic of the ratings agencies.

OJ's defence team, led by civil rights lawyer Johnnie Cochran, brought front and centre the widespread belief among the black community that LA's prejudiced police force were persecuting a rich, successful black man.

On its website, the tobacco industry-funded campaign group, Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (Forest), carries a quote from the playwright and screenwriter, Sir Ronald Harwood, who observes: "Tobacco is not an illegal substance, yet the government is persecuting a minority".

It is simply another case of Zynga vindictively persecuting a former employee as an individual.

Yulia Tymoshenko's imprisonment by the government of Mr Yanukovych causes European human rights groups to denounce him for persecuting a political opponent and turns her into an opposition idol.

Tilton launched an all out offensive against the SEC, accusing them of violating the Constitution while going on a media rampage to claim they were persecuting a champion of manufacturing who is saving American jobs.

They worry that locking down an entire province and persecuting an entire ethnic group will only instill long-lasting resentment among Uighurs.

Mr. Greenspan has particular fun with the bad egg Grace and her cool viciousness, which extends to persecuting an impertinent telephone operator in one of the play's odder byways.

Before the trial, he turned himself into a C-list celebrity, appearing regularly on reality and talk shows, where he claimed that he had done nothing wrong and ripped into federal authorities for persecuting an innocent man.

Why is it OK to hint at highly sexualised nudity all day long and then persecute a normal man for getting naked as he goes about his business?

The truth is that it is mainly "patriotic" men who rally around the burqa ban, viewing it as a legitimate reason to persecute a religious minority.