Sea eagles were once widespread across Scotland but were persecuted to extinction by 1918.
Yet the tradition of welcoming persecuted fellow Muslims from the Balkans has an even longer history.
He has long complained that he is being persecuted by left-leaning judges in Milan.
He knew what it was like to be persecuted for who you are and what you believe.
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However DUP MEP Diane Dodds said that it was a sign that Christians in Europe were being "persecuted".
Supporters view the generous benefits as an example of Canada's spirit of generosity to the persecuted and vulnerable.
It was persecuted almost to extinction but has now been re-introduced and is colonizing all over the continent.
At the time, Quakers were being persecuted and had no other safe place to lay their dead to rest.
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"Roy Bennett is not being prosecuted, he is being persecuted, " Mr Tsvangirai said.
Once Mrs Aquino, too, was just the wife of a persecuted opposition leader.
Laszlo Csatary allegedly persecuted opponents of the pro-Nazi Hungarian regime that ran the town of Kosice during World War II.
But he also reached out to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and spoke up for Christians persecuted in the Middle East.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ran Mexico for seven decades until 2000, persecuted the church with varying vigour and imposed secularism.
Uganda's president has said gay people should not be killed or persecuted, as MPs continue to consider a controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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It is the first UK City of Refuge for persecuted writers and a founding member of the International Cities of Refuge Network.
Hen harriers are one of the most persecuted raptors because they prey on game birds, such as grouse, according to the RSPB.
The group's founder, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, died in prison during the second world war after being persecuted for his opposition to state shintoism.
Mr Straw said he was proud Britain was part of the 1951 Convention on Refugees and offered the persecuted a safe haven.
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That is what has drawn the persecuted and impoverished to our shores.
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If anyone is persecuted because of how they look, or what they believe, then that diminishes my freedom and threatens my rights as well.
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"He was very annoyed about always being known for being the queen's stalker and felt persecuted by the jokes, even in Australia, " he said.
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The right-wing conspiracy theory turns what should be a weakness into a strength: the more the prime minister is prosecuted, the more he seems persecuted.
For tens of millions of new Americans who can relate personally to the United States as a refuge for the persecuted, it has special resonance.
In medieval Europe Jews were persecuted not only because they were not Christians but also because killing them was a quick way to expunge debts.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last month said gay people should not be killed or persecuted, but he also stressed homosexuality should not be promoted either.
Jews and gentiles alike have been persecuted for their religious beliefs.
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Rawesome members argue that they are part of a private club, not subject to government regulation, and that they are being persecuted for their alternative lifestyles.
Ms Bandaranayake has said the allegations against her are "blatant lies" and that she is being persecuted because she "stood for an independent judiciary and withstood the pressures".
The UNHCR's founding charter is the 1951 Convention on Refugees, which spells out the entitlements of those who flee their country for fear of being killed or persecuted.
Born in Iran, he was 8 at the time of the revolution and raised in a family of Baha'is, a peaceful but persecuted faith (the regime executed 150 members).
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