Sentence examples for sought exile from inspiring English sources
Goya, investigated not only by the new court but by the Inquisition, eventually sought exile.
He sought exile on Saturday in the west African nation of Benin.
Another 22 prosecutors and investigators have sought exile in other countries, according to Human Rights Watch.
He sought exile in Paris in 1971, and, now aged 61, is one of France's most fêted writers, and its most prominent author from the Maghreb.
As an adolescent, he spent several years in Argentina, where his father, General Euclides Figueiredo, sought exile after taking part in a failed coup attempt.
The trial of Habré is a turning point because it involves a special court set up jointly by the African Union and Senegal, the country where Habré had sought exile.
A humiliated Verres fled Rome before the trial had concluded, seeking exile in present-day Marseilles.
Assange also claimed it was his idea for whistleblower Edward Snowden to seek exile in Russia.
He refused to seek exile in the west, and declined the Nobel prize.
All three have since been forced to seek exile in the UK.
"He did not want to present himself before the judges and preferred to seek exile in Switzerland," he said.
