1.   As American social conservatives have grown in power at home, they exercise more clout on foreign policy by denouncing religious persecution across the oceans.

2.   Quoting unidentified sources, the network said the FBI had found the crudely written note that also denounced the persecution of Arabs and expressed support for Hamas.

3.   The presidents of Jewish organizations in meetings with U.S. officials have denounced anti-Christian persecution in Islamic nations.

4.   Her human rights group, France-Libertes, has denounced persecution of Kurds in their homeland, which straddles Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq.

5.   French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson has denounced Chinese persecution in Tibet in an open letter to Chinese authorities.

6.   In April, the group attempted to broadcast a film denouncing persecution of its members in the northeast city of Harbin, and later said it had been successful.