1.   And yet, any repeat visitor to China can see that the lives of the common people who far outnumber activists and persecuted minorities seems to be steadily improving.

2.   Does every German have to fear that, no matter what we say or do, we are secretly disposed, deep down inside, to persecute minorities?

3.   Religious and ethnic minorities have been persecuted everywhere.

4.   They want to see a revival of national morality, but they do not want the ayatollahs in Congress to persecute minorities.

5.   They strangle basic freedoms, oppress women, incubate terrorism, and persecute religious minorities.

6.   Young is expected to tell the Chinese that America is about to pursue a policy of punishing countries that persecute religious minorities.

7.   An Arab human rights group on Monday rejected as discriminatory a proposed U.S. law calling for sanctions against countries that persecute religious minorities.

8.   Human rights groups say the law has been employed to persecute religious minorities.

9.   I have read that the US Congress was set to pass legislation imposing sanctions on countries that persecute religious minorities, despite opposition from President Bill Clinton.

10.   In Iran, the group said the government continued to persecute religious minorities, including Christians, and had intensified a crackdown on freedom of expression.