"under persecution" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to being harassed, oppressed, or pursued by others, often for religious, political, or social reasons. Example: The religious minority in the country has been living under persecution for decades, facing discrimination and violence from the majority group.
Paul feared that the Thessalonians were wavering under persecution, and so he sent Timothy to strengthen their faith.
Christians were living under persecution in almost half of the 38 Anglican provinces worldwide, he said this month.
In her private life, she bore with fortitude the loss of relatives under persecution in Germany, and the death in action of a son in the Korean War.
The writer covers such topics as endurance under persecution, poverty and wealth, control of the tongue, care for orphans and widows, cursing, boasting, oaths, and prayer.
"Genuine refugees have tended to be groups of people, ethnic groups or religious groups who were directly under persecution and were fleeing in fear of their lives," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday.
Under persecution for his attacks on Luther's position, in 1540 Agricola went to Berlin, where he retracted his views and in the same year was made court preacher by the Protestant prince Joachim II of Brandenburg.
Her family was part of the Puritan "Great Migration" – under religious persecution – to "New England".
Smoking is not illegal, and smokers should not be put under such persecution.
In 1523, he sympathized with their suffering under Christian persecution, in a tract titled "That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew".
In its homeland, Mesopotamia, it came under severe persecution by the priests of the Zoroastrian religion, who viewed Manichaeism as a dangerous heresy.
A8 A Return to Mormon Roots Mormon worshipers gathered to dedicate a new limestone temple in Nauvoo, Ill., a river town their ancestors fled 156 years ago under religious persecution, leaving behind their temple, which arsonists later burned.
