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Persecution, implies a failure by the State to make protection available against the ill-treatment or violence which the person suffers at the hands of his persecutors, Horvath v. Home Secretary [HL(E)], (2000) 3 WLR 379.Persecution, is most appropriately defined as the sustained or systemic failure of State protection in relation to one of the core entitlements which has been recognised by the international community, Law of Refugee Status (1991), p. 112.Persecution, is normally related to action by the authorities of a country. It may also emanate from sections of the population that do not respect the standards established by the laws of the country concerned. A case in point may be religious intolerance, amounting to persecution, in a country otherwise secular, but where sizable fractions of the population do not respect the religious beliefs of their neighbours. Where serious discriminatory or other offensive acts are committed by the local populace, they can be considered as pers...
Persecution, on account of membership in a particular social group
Persecution, on account of membership in a particular social group, to mean persecution 'that is directed toward an individual who is a member of a group of persons all of whom share common immutable characteristic, Reg. v. I.A.T. Exp. Shah [H.L.(E)], (1999) 2 WLR 1015....
persecution
persecution : punishment or harassment usually of a severe nature on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion in one's country of origin [claimed and sought asylum] ...
Persecution
The act or practice of persecuting especially the infliction of loss pain or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship...
refugee
refugee : an individual seeking refuge or asylum ;esp : an individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (as because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion) ...
Paranoid schizophrenia
Paranoid schizophrenia, in the vast majority of cases, starts in the fourth decade and develops insidiously. Suspiciousness is the characteristic symptom of the early stage. Ideas of reference occur, which gradually develops into delusions of persecution. Auditory hallucinations follow, which in the beginning, start as sound or noises in the ears, but are afterwards changes into abuses or insults. Delusions are at first indefinite, but gradually they become fixed and definite, to lead the patient to believe that he is persecuted by some unknown person or some superhuman agency. He believes that his food is being poisoned. Some noxious gases are blown into his room, and people are plotting against him to ruin him. Disturbances of general sensation given rise to hallucinations, which are attributed to the effects of hypnotism, electricity wireless telegraphy or atomic agencies. The patient gets very irritate and excited owing to these painful and disagreeable hallucinations and delusions...
asylee
asylee A person who cannot return to his home country because of a well-founded fear of persecution. An application for asylum is made in the United States to the DHS. Go to the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Asylum page to learn more. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
molest
molest 1 : to annoy, disturb, or persecute esp. with hostile intent or injurious effect 2 : to make annoying sexual advances to ;specif : to force physical and usually sexual contact on (as a child) mo·les·ta·tion [mō-les-tā-shən, mÄ -, -ləs-] n mo·lest·er n ...
safe haven
safe haven Temporary refuge given to migrants who have fled their countries of origin to seek protection or relief from persecution or other hardships, until they can return to their countries safely or, if necessary until they can obtain permanent relief from the conditions they fled. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Beghard
One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines They arose in the thirteenth century were afterward subjected to much persecution and were suppressed by Innocent X in 1650 Called also Beguins...
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