1.   However, the authorities excluded Woo, apparently because he refuses to renounce his belief in communism and in the North Korean government.

2.   The government has decided to scrap the longstanding practice of requiring all political prisoners to sign letters in which they renounce their beliefs.

3.   The judges said that by providing birth- control pills, a church-affiliated employer is not renouncing its belief that contraception is sinful.

4.   Falun Gong supporters say scores of followers have been tortured to death by police who were trying to get them to renounce their beliefs.

5.   It was not clear if the shooting suspect was still an Asahara follower or had renounced his beliefs.

6.   Such harassment is used on political prisoners to pressure them to renounce their beliefs.

7.   The church accused him of heresy and forced him to renounce his beliefs.