Sentence examples for press persecution from inspiring English sources
After years of press persecution, he seems to feel re-empowered by the medium's democratic aspects.
Leaked excerpts from West's sworn deposition for his paparazzi assault trial saw him claiming he and other stars need to band together in the face of press persecution.
In none of the cases has it been established that the government pursues a policy of restrictions on freedom of expression or press persecution, or that the crimes have been politically motivated.
The press needs to start getting angry and vocal about press persecution, and should be looking for ways around the repression of the state – perhaps through encryption (although a speaker from the floor pointed out there is a law against this now).
One should remember that before General Pervez Musharraf came to power there were more press freedoms and no persecution of religious minorities with the kind of impunity we see today.
He did not directly bring up the crisis, the paper said, but thanked the cardinals for their help at a time when the church seemed to press forward "amid the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God".
Steve Coll, writing about Obama's position on press leaks, conflates the regrettable persecution of the New York Times reporter James Risen with that of the whistle-blower Edward Snowden and the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange (Comment, September 2nd).
Khattab's ordeal comes at a critical time for journalists in Egypt, a country that has dramatically stepped up its persecution of the press since president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, once head of the armed forces, took the helm in the aftermath of the 2013 military coup that ousted the democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Corb was obviously suffering from some sort of persecution complex where the press was concerned.
As it was aware that the German public did not support the Kristallnacht, the propaganda ministry directed the German press to portray opponents of racial persecution as disloyal.
"What we have seen in the last couple of years is blatant political persecution, suppression of the free press and people being thrown in jail without knowing what they are charged with.
