Irish Catholics, for generations, suffered oppression, dire poverty and disease.

And people who have suffered oppression can recognize oppression when it appears in very different context.

Burma's 55 million people continue to suffer brutal oppression.

Many people continue to suffer brutal oppression, where their fundamental dignity as human beings is denied.

Both churches have suffered oppression in their countries.

I can't imagine that the Federation would turn away refugees who have suffered oppression in an enemy nation for so long.

Both peoples, after all, have suffered oppression of long duration, simply for having been black or Jewish.

Women and girls suffer oppression, particularly in Muslim countries, where there are underlying religious causes.

The people in Iraq have suffered extreme oppression.