They risked their lives and those of their families to flee hunger and persecution in the North.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

And Socrates says it is better to be just even if that results in persecution and death.

苏格拉底回说，正义较好,就算结果是要面对迫害或是死亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But this reading of the Apology as you might say is a kind of brief for freedom of expression and a warning against the dangers of censorship and persecution.

但阅读《苏格拉底自辩篇》，你可能会说,好似一种对言论自由的概述,还有对审查,及迫害危机的警告。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

A member of Romania's ethnic German minority, Mueller knew persecution under the rule of the Ceausescu regime.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08