In international law, they would be known as refugee(s) sur place , i.e. those who find themselves outside their country of origin who did not leave their country of origin for fear of persecution, but who fear persecution upon return.

For decades, most Arabs, however unhappy, kept their political grievances private, for fear of persecution if they turned against their leaders publicly.

In Amman, Damascus, Istanbul, and Beirut I met dozens of people who have a well founded fear of persecution in their home country.

Since the Awami League is no longer in Government, there is no reason for the complainant to fear persecution from the police.

UNHCR is working in this challenging context to preserve access to asylum for those who seek it based on a well founded fear of persecution.

Intellectual Persecution

Religious Persecution

On 31 July 2000, the District Court dismissed her appeal, considering that she had failed to show a fear of persecution within the meaning of refugee law.

Despite earlier efforts by the UN, the vast majority of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are unable to return due to the 2012 communal violence and fear of persecution.

2.5 On 22 August 2000, the second application for a protection visa was rejected as the complainant had not established a real fear of persecution if returned to Sri Lanka.

Russian persecution of Jews was also a factor.

Since then, life for Mosul's residents has been one of fear, oppression, and hardship. Daily life changed for the worse with the persecution of minorities, food and fuel shortages, and intimidation and harsh punishment.

Displacement induced by conflict and persecution

Beyond the current persecution of Pamuk, unacceptable behavior abounds.

Zhao s persecution was the persecution of a leader who dedicated himself for over a decade to groundbreaking efforts that became the foundations of China s economic reform.

In general, those leaving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for political reasons fit into the traditional international law definition of refugee , namely persons fleeing their country of origin for a well founded fear of persecution.

Under Emperor Diocletian, the persecution of Christians reached its peak.

This documentary, which has been banned in Singapore, profiles nine political exiles who fled the island nation in the 1960s during Lee Kuan Yew s crackdown on leftist activists, and out of fear of persecution, never returned.

According to its classified report, there is no institutionalized persecution in Bangladesh and persecution for political reasons rare at the grass roots level.

Controls at borders have become an ordeal for many, and police persecution now burdens quite a few. A climate of fear has made life hard for anyone who looks suspicious or acts suspiciously, notably for Muslims.

And We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution .

And We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution .

As noted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), persons suspected of terrorism may not be eligible for refugee status in the first place their fear being legitimate prosecution as opposed to persecution.

Among our complaints this week international scandals, intellectual persecution, the Egyptian Legal system (or lack thereof), the question of beauty and as usual, religious persecution rounding out the group.

The Special Rapporteur has taken note of allegations of ongoing incidents of religious persecution.

The Anne Frank tree is bound up with the persecution of the Jews.

The Kuchis fled persecution in late 2001 after the overthrow of the Taliban.

Irish refugee law permitted asylum applications on the ground of gender based persecution.

5.4 The complainant contests the State party's allegation that because the Awami League no longer is in power in Bangladesh, there does not seem to be any reason for her to fear persecution by the police.

First, in order to be eligible for refugee status, an individual must show that he or she has a well founded fear of persecution on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion (article 1A (2)).

Taste your persecution ! this is what you would hasten on .

Taste your persecution ! this is what you would hasten on .

Behind almost every request for asylum that an EU country receives is a human tragedy a micro history of violence, fear, and loss. The goal of the asylum seekers is not to reach Europe it is simply to escape conflict and persecution.

(g) The harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and other members of civil society

As a result of this persecution, he moved with his family to Barisal City.

There is no evidence that the complainant himself was the target of religious persecution.

Our necks are under persecution we labour, and have no rest.

Ethnic Georgians living in Russia, including those who are Russian citizens, became targets of persecution.

Refugees of Iraq are Iraqi nationals who have fled Iraq due to war or persecution.

According to the Committee's jurisprudence, such persecution falls outside the scope of article 3 of the Convention.

Recession and depression can lead to exclusion and, at worst, persecution of societies most vulnerable groups.

There has been an alarming increase in reported cases of harassment and persecution for such activities.

The refugees were Uzbeks, and Karimov had good reason to fear the possibility of a much bigger crisis within Uzbekistan, which is also home to many Tajiks, Kyrgyz, and of course millions of Uzbeks who might have been inflamed by the persecution of their ethnic kin in Kyrgyzstan.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Moreover, persecution of political dissenters does not now reach far beyond the accused to involve their associates.