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A Chinese plainclothes policeman detains a Falun Gong protester and confiscates his banner on Tiananmen Square in Beijing May 1, 2001. Members of the Falun Gong spiritual sect, which is banned in
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![More than 100 Falun Gong followers practise meditation exercises in Hong Kong May 13, 2002 to mark the 10th anniversary of the first time Falun Gong's now-exiled founder, Li Hongzhi, began to More than 100 Falun Gong followers practise meditation exercises in Hong Kong May 13, 2002 to mark the 10th anniversary of the first time Falun Gong's now-exiled founder, Li Hongzhi, began to](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3RN0J/more-than-100-falun-gong-followers-practise-meditation-exercises-in-hong-kong-may-13-2002-to-mark-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-first-time-falun-gongs-now-exiled-founder-li-hongzhi-began-to-spread-his-teachings-chinese-police-hauled-off-a-lone-foreign-supporter-of-the-banned-falun-gong-spiritual-movement-after-he-held-up-a-small-protest-banner-in-beijings-tiananmen-square-on-monday-witnesses-said-reutersbobby-yip-bycp-2D3RN0J.jpg)
More than 100 Falun Gong followers practise meditation exercises in Hong Kong May 13, 2002 to mark the 10th anniversary of the first time Falun Gong's now-exiled founder, Li Hongzhi, began to
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The Epoch Times - The dark day when 36 Westerners were arrested: Merely 20 seconds after they sat at the Tiananmen Square with a banner printed with three “forbidden words,” police arrived
![A Chinese soldier questions a suspected Falun Gong member on Tiananmen Square in Beijing October 30. Security in the capital has been tight as parliament passed a law outlawing cults on Saturday, A Chinese soldier questions a suspected Falun Gong member on Tiananmen Square in Beijing October 30. Security in the capital has been tight as parliament passed a law outlawing cults on Saturday,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D5ANNT/a-chinese-soldier-questions-a-suspected-falun-gong-member-on-tiananmen-square-in-beijing-october-30-security-in-the-capital-has-been-tight-as-parliament-passed-a-law-outlawing-cults-on-saturday-but-defiant-members-of-the-banned-falun-gong-spiritual-movement-its-prime-target-continue-silent-protests-in-the-square-nbcc-2D5ANNT.jpg)
A Chinese soldier questions a suspected Falun Gong member on Tiananmen Square in Beijing October 30. Security in the capital has been tight as parliament passed a law outlawing cults on Saturday,
![Plain clothes police remove a Falun Gong protester from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Seven members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement have died following abuse in Chinese police Plain clothes police remove a Falun Gong protester from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Seven members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement have died following abuse in Chinese police](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D40WG4/plain-clothes-police-remove-a-falun-gong-protester-from-tiananmen-square-in-beijing-july-1-2001-seven-members-of-the-banned-falun-gong-spiritual-movement-have-died-following-abuse-in-chinese-police-custody-the-groups-us-based-information-centre-has-said-reuterschien-min-chung-2D40WG4.jpg)
Plain clothes police remove a Falun Gong protester from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Seven members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement have died following abuse in Chinese police
![Plain clothes police take away a Falun Gong protester and her banner as she cries out "Falun Gong is good" from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Today marks the 80th Plain clothes police take away a Falun Gong protester and her banner as she cries out "Falun Gong is good" from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Today marks the 80th](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D42MEM/plain-clothes-police-take-away-a-falun-gong-protester-and-her-banner-as-she-cries-out-falun-gong-is-good-from-tiananmen-square-in-beijing-july-1-2001-today-marks-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-the-chinese-communist-party-cmcpb-2D42MEM.jpg)
Plain clothes police take away a Falun Gong protester and her banner as she cries out "Falun Gong is good" from Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 1, 2001. Today marks the 80th
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A squardon of Chinese People's Armed Police, or Wujinh march trough Tiananmen Sqaure in Beijing July 24. Security is tight in and around Tiananmen Square and China's leadership compound in the wake
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