1.   Other studies have documented increased persecution in nations that include China and Russia.

2.   The State Department has documented extensive persecution of some Uzbek citizens, as well as police abuses and torture.

3.   Queen Elizabeth II met Tuesday with survivors of the Holocaust at the opening of a permanent exhibition documenting Nazi persecution during World War II.

4.   Seiple leads a commission monitoring the treatment of minorities in countries where the State Department has documented religious persecution.

5.   International human rights groups have documented extensive persecution of regime dissidents, including the use of torture and executions without trials or sentencing.