| face persecution | 7.31 | They face persecution everywhere. | ||
| flee persecution | 6.91 | Some fled persecution in Russia, Cuba or other countries. | ||
| fear persecution | 3.03 | She says she fears press persecution. | ||
| escape persecution | 2.24 | The refugees began fleeing Bhutan to escape persecution. | ||
| suffer persecution | 2.11 | I am suffering persecution because I am different. | ||
| claim persecution | 1.05 | The men have applied for asylum, claiming persecution in Afghanistan. | ||
| avoid persecution | 0.66 | They fled to Nepal to avoid alleged persecution. | ||
| risk persecution | 0.59 | Catholics who pledge loyalty to the pope risk persecution. | ||
| end persecution | 0.46 | His first task should be to release all political prisoners and end the persecution of critics. | ||
| denounce persecution | 0.39 | French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson has denounced Chinese persecution in Tibet in an open letter to Chinese authorities. | ||
| stop persecution | 0.39 | Rwanda calls for action to stop persecution of Tutsis. | ||
| document persecution | 0.33 | Other studies have documented increased persecution in nations that include China and Russia. | ||
| include persecution | 0.33 | Garzon has argued that the definition of genocide has been evolving and has in several instances included political persecution. | ||
| protest persecution | 0.33 | Galluccio said Pomerleau went to China specifically to protest the persecution of Falun Gong adherents. | ||
| oppose persecution | 0.26 | During the war, Soka Gakkai founder Tsunesaburo Makiguchi was arrested for opposing such persecution and later died in prison. |