Political persecution
Political persecution is persecution because of a political conviction and one of the reasons that are recognized as a prerequisite for recognition as a refugee in the sense of the Geneva Conventions . Likewise, it applies to Amnesty International as a criterion for the support of prisoners. Dissidents are often victims of political persecution .
Political persecution is difficult to define in this sense, as the distinction between pursuing the expression of political conviction and legitimate criminal prosecution to enforce the laws in force in a state is often difficult to draw. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees defines political persecution as exclusion with regard to religious belief, political conviction or other unchangeable characteristics. This would also make persecution on the basis of homosexuality a reason for asylum, but this reason is seldom allowed.
Persecution based on “ race ” or origin , “ ethnic cleansing ” and genocide are extreme forms of political persecution.
Political persecution can occur in individual cases and originate from social groups; the failure of the state in these cases is that it does not (sufficiently) use its monopoly of force to protect those persecuted in this way. Political persecution can also be part of a comprehensive system of persecution of those who think differently, supported by the respective state. If this is the case, through coercion, threatened or exercised violence on the part of the state or paramilitary non-official organizations, it is called political repression . More subtle forms of political persecution ( repression ) can be black lists or ideologically motivated hysteria and persecution, such as B. McCarthyism in the USA.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Politically persecuted people enjoy asylum , Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
- ^ Protection with reservation , by Daniel Bax, taz, March 28, 2012