Widely persecuted by the Russian Tsarist regimes, many of them immigrated to Canada in the late 19th century.
It also became a widely persecuted religion.
Red foxes are still widely persecuted as pests, with human-caused deaths being among the highest causes of mortality in the species.
Shortly after the annexation, the Jews living in the Sudetenland were widely persecuted.
On the opposite end of the political spectrum from the mini, the most widely persecuted piece of cloth these days is the Islamic head scarf.
It focused mostly on Christians, now the most widely persecuted believers in the world.
The Nazarenes were widely persecuted by their European authorities due their stance on peace and objection to weapons or war.
The sermon is written in Greek, but may have been an appeal to Rome to spare Christians at a time when Christians were widely persecuted.
They were widely persecuted in France, which led to a mass exodus of Huguenots to other countries.