Sentence examples for persecution based on from inspiring English sources

Since when is persecution based on religious or ethnic affiliation "courageous"?

The 1951 convention on the status of refugees defines a refugee as someone fleeing "persecution", based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group, or political opinion.

But the judge granted asylum to Bernadette McAllister for having "suffered extreme past persecution based on her religion, her political opinion, and because she is Malachy McAllister's wife".

An immigration judge ordered that Mr. McAllister be deported, but granted asylum to his wife for having "suffered extreme past persecution based on her religion, her political opinion, and because she is Malachy McAllister's wife".

Given recent events in China and Afghanistan, for example, is it really "plausible to think that the abolition of intolerance and persecution based on religious differences may be on the horizon"?

An applicant is eligible for asylum under the law if he or she has a "well-founded fear of persecution" based on political beliefs or membership in racial, religious, national or social groups.

He said Jesus' journey to his death on the cross showed his determination to assume the burdens and sufferings of victims of violence, hunger and persecutions based on skin color.

Yazidis have suffered centuries of religious persecution, based largely on the false idea that they revere the sun as God and worship a fallen angel.

In North America and Australia, where large eagles were destroyed on a greater scale than elsewhere, persecution was not based on even rudimentary assessment of the eagles' diet and appetite.

Speaking in Moscow, where the world athletics championship is due to get underway, Mr Rogge said persecution of athletes based on their sexuality was unacceptable.

This was the one great American city dating from the 17th century not founded as a haven from religious persecution; it was based on profit rather than salvation.