However, it tolerated Protestants and Jews, and there were no persecutions or pogroms. A series of genocidal persecutions, or pogroms, against Jews took place in Russia. Britain responded with persecutions, arrests, imprisonments, and exile. Paul's "persecutions and sufferings" at Antioch are spoken of in . Proscriptions against Christianity began in 1587 and outright persecutions in 1597. Under the Heresy Acts, numerous Protestants were executed in the Marian persecutions. Sporadic persecutions alternated with periods of unofficial toleration. The victims of the persecutions became lauded as martyrs. However, Christians endured a number of persecutions in old Tibet. Religious persecutions during the Soviet occupation targeted numerous priests. One of the most enduring persecutions against the Romani people was their enslavement. They received privileges at Venice, where they were protected from the persecutions of the Inquisition. The slogan is associated with dissidents subjected to political persecutions and police brutality. Christians experienced sporadic persecutions in both political spheres. There were a series of religious controversies that resulted in divisions and persecutions.