In modern times, Jehovah?s Witnesses have been persecuted because they refuse to stop preaching "this good news of the kingdom." (Matthew 24:14)
Or for refusing to carry a national identity card. See JWs vs. Malawi.
Or for carrying out the wishes of a nut-job religious leader who, after his trying to placate the national leader failed, insulted and bad-mouthed the same national leader who also was a nut-job and had in his power the means to kill millions of people. See JWs vs. Hitler.