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U.S. quietly fulfills Religious Freedom Act with sanction renewals

--With little fanfare, the United States government has responded to requirements of the new International Religious Freedom Act by renewing existing sanctions on five countries that it designated as particularly severe violators of religious freedom.

(17 December 1999 - Newsroom)

Li Dexian released

--Chinese Protestant evangelist Li Dexian was released on Wednesday after a night in jail in Huadu, west of Guangzhou in southeastern Guangdong Province.

(16 December 1999 - Newsroom)

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