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• n  the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

• Twenty days later, the authorities broke in to discover his granny and aunt hanging side by side in a dual suicide, presumably to avoid persecution.
• Muslim minorities across Asia are under siegeand their persecution fuels fundamentalists' rage.
• After World War II, fierce but generally less bloody persecution spread into the Ukraine and the new Soviet bloc, affecting millions of Roman Catholics and Protestants as well as .

News & Articles

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• Edward Snowden, leaker of U.S. spy program documents, faces hard choices while in hiding
  Ex-CIA employee who leaked secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs could seek asylum or claim political persecution
  June 11, 2013 - CBS News
• George Takei Fears NSA Spying Will Lead to Something Much Worse
  George Takei is hardly the only American concerned about the NSA's massive surveillance programs. But unlike most people, his fears are rooted in the memory of the government persecution he suffered firsthand in a Japanese internment camp .
  June 11, 2013 - New York Magazine
• Could Bradley Manning help Edward Snowden win political asylum?
  The NSA leaker has a difficult case to make for political asylum, but he could cite Manning's mistreatment as evidence of persecution.
  June 10, 2013 - Washington Post

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in New York Magazine
  The greatest persecution of the church doesn't come from enemies on the outside but is born from the sins within the church,Benedict said from his plane as he flew to Lisbon. "The church needs to profoundly relearn penitence, accept...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in AFP
  I strongly disagree. The United States will always...... stand against discrimination and persecution...... But an individual's ability to practice his or her religion has no bearing on others' freedom of speech,Clinton said.
• Jimmy Carter in USA Today
  During the panel discussion at the conclusion of a two-day forum of international human rights activists, Carter said the "persecution of Palestinians" and lack of US commitment to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict remains one of the most...