Persecution definition

Persecution means the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights contrary to international law by reason of the identity of the group or collectivity;
Persecution means unfavourable treatment, sanction or disadvantage which is the result of exercising the rights under respective local regulation.
Persecution means the intentional and severe depri- vation of fundamental rights contrary to inter- national law by reason of the identity of the group or collectivity;

Examples of Persecution in a sentence

  • Peel (1968:64) states that, Clark's Faith Tabernacle Foundation teachings include: Personal holiness; contrast between wickedness of this world and the godly community of sect; wrongfulness of litigation; Nonparticipation in national celebrations; Persecution as a mark of sanctity; Belief in the imminence of the Millennium; A distaste for acquiring property because of the imminence of the Second Advent; Glossolalic (Speaking in tongues) experiences regarded as satanic; Non usage of medicine for healing.

  • Heaven Crawley and Trine Lester, ‘Comparative Analysis of Gender-Related Persecution in National Asylum Legislation and Practice in Europe’ (UN High Commission for Refugees website, 2004) <http://www.unhcr.org/40c071354.pdf> last accessed 26 August 2017, 8 .

  • Persecution in one direction or another reflects discrepancies caused by developments in management me- chanism of the region and labor resour- ces development.

  • In addition, there had been the unjust taxes, the depredations wrought upon them through the actions of the Michael Shields, Faithful Contendings Displayed: being An historical relation of the State and Actings of the su ing Remnant in the church of Scotland, who subsisted in Select Societies, and were united in general correspondencies during the hottest time of the late Persecution, viz.


More Definitions of Persecution

Persecution means, in immigration law, punishment for political, religious, or other reasons that our country does not recognize as legitimate.”); H.R. REP. NO. 95-1452, at 5, as reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 4700, 4704 (“Generally [the] case law has described persecution as the infliction of suffering or harm under government sanction, upon persons who differ in a way regarded as offense (e.g., race, religion, political opinion, etc.), in a manner condemned by civilized governments.”).
Persecution means any act of persecution as defined in article 9 of the Qualification Directive;
Persecution means the intentional and severe deprivation of
Persecution means the intentional and serious deprivation of fundamental rights in violation of international law, for reasons related to the identity of the group or the community;
Persecution means the intentional and severe
Persecution means and includes the keeping of a person under constant or frequent surveillance in places such as the person’s home, school, workplace or other places which the person frequents and which surveillance is expected to cause fear or dread in a reasonable and prudent person;
Persecution means: