"It is difficult to say there is direct persecution," a Catholic priest said, insisting on anonymity.

The Archbishop listed a number of direct and indirect persecutions employed by the CRA almost daily.

But the odd-looking primate also suffers direct persecution.

This species is locally threatened through direct persecution (including local government bounties in some areas) and collection for traditional medicinal use and food.

Lappet-faced Vultures are also sometimes victims of direct persecution, including shooting and the use of strychnine and other poisons.

But the other is direct persecution by people.

Winship governed for five years (1934-1939), during which time he engaged in "an open struggle against the Nationalist Party and a direct persecution of its leadership."

It allowed for direct persecution of believers.

Early Muslim conquest of these lands in the 7th and 8th centuries did not introduce direct persecution.

Besides direct persecution, humans contribute to the decline of this species through habitat degradation, pollution, and draining or overfishing lakes.