persecution

For his fans, this trial equals persecution for a coup that never happened; for his critics, protection against another dictatorship.

The BBC is using an alias because her family belongs to an ethnic and religious minority group facing persecution in Afghanistan.

Persistent public concern has seen a rise in support for far right parties across the EU, even in places like Sweden, which historically prided itself as a welcoming nation for those fleeing persecution.

Cooper will say the UK has a "proud record of giving sanctuary to those fleeing persecution" but the system "needs to be properly controlled and managed".

They then made their way to shore and are now facing an uncertain future in Myanmar, which the mostly-Muslim Rohingya community had fled in huge numbers in recent years to escape persecution.