Persecution facts for kids
Persecution is the mistreatment (bad treatment) of an individual or group by another group. People can be persecuted for any reasons; it is usually because of their religion, ethnicity, politics, gender or gender identity.
Religious persecution is persecution of people that are part of a religion, or who are not part of a different religion. Nowadays it often just means discrimination.
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Members of the right-wing Lapua Movement assault a former Red officer and the publisher of the communist newspaper at the Vaasa riot on June 4, 1930, in Vaasa, Finland.
See also
In Spanish: Persecución para niños
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