Sentence examples for some persecuted from inspiring English sources

For example, in the famous bus scene, instead of making a conceivably racist remark that spawned a confrontation ending with him giving a black guy a beat down, the film depicts Bruso kicking the butts of some white skinheads to defend the honor of some persecuted minorities.

The letters identify some churches as comfortable, others as impoverished; some as persecuted, others as complacent.

Some were persecuted for their beliefs".

Some people persecuted during "da hei" were lawyers trying to defend those facing criminal charges.

Many Muslim women are not given a free choice about how to dress; some are persecuted and even murdered by their families for refusing to wear the Islamic veil.

The source of the anger is a brutal military campaign, initially against the Rohingya Muslim militancy, but which has, according to the latest United Nations estimates, forced some 270,000 persecuted Rohingya out of Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state into Bangladesh over the past two weeks.

But if there had not been the military crackdown, even if some people were persecuted afterwards, at least the form of mass protest would retain some legitimacy.

He also persecuted some Shīʿites and Sufis, who veered from his strict interpretation of Muslim orthodoxy.

Some described being persecuted and insulted; others confessed to taking part in the destruction of the city in the days of madness.

When I travelled to Africa, there were some countries that are doing a lot of good things for their people, who we're working with and helping on development issues, but in some cases have persecuted gays and lesbians".

Some of the persecuted fled the country for the United States and became good friends of Ms. Jones when she returned home and took up their cause at Human Rights Watch in New York.