1.   And he could plead not guilty and apply for political asylum on the grounds that he would face political persecution if he was returned to Saudi Arabia.

2.   Applicants must also show they face persecution because of their religion, affiliation with a social group, political beliefs, race or nationality, he said.

3.   Germany offers refugee status to people who can prove that they face political persecution in their home countries, but does not accept people fleeing poverty.

4.   In order to be granted asylum, applicants must show that they would face persecution if they returned to their homelands.

5.   In Qorna, a town of Shiite Muslims who have faced persecution under Hussein and formed an underground opposition movement, the military presence is daunting.

6.   Judges there generally rely on a different test for deciding whether a Tibetan exile faces persecution in the country of resettlement.

7.   Moon faced persecution from established religious leaders.

8.   Muslims in India and China face persistent persecution.

9.   Older Jews, facing persecution, paid their life savings in advance to go.

10.   Suhardy, who did not have money for a lawyer, was unable to convince the courts that he faced likely persecution if returned to Indonesia.