1.   In Vietnam, at least five Buddhists have burned themselves to death in the past two years protesting religious persecution.

2.   Galluccio said Pomerleau went to China specifically to protest the persecution of Falun Gong adherents.

3.   The women had been protesting the persecution of Muslim dissidents and demanding release of male relatives jailed for alleged links to the Islamic opposition, the group said.

4.   Another reason was that they were protesting the persecution of Moslems in Spain during the Crusades of the early Middle Ages -- an event traditionally commemorated in September.

5.   Buddhists fasted in front of the White House to protest religious persecution in Vietnam, where human rights groups have reported recent arbitrary arrests of Buddhist leaders.