persecution
Sign in to savethumb|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.]] Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, imprisonment, internment, fear or pain are all factors that may establish persecution, but not all suffering will necessarily establish
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thumb|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.]] Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, imprisonment, internment, fear or pain are all factors that may establish persecution, but not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The threshold of severity has been a topic of much debate.
==International law== As part of the Nuremberg Principles, crimes against humanity are part of international law. Principle VI of the Nuremberg Principles states that