AP Pictures: police round up practitioners in Tiananmen Square on April 23, 2000

A member of the banned Falun Gong meditation group defiantly holds a meditation pose as police round up other followers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday April 23, 2000. A group of 11 women and one child held a brief protest before police detained them. The protest came two days before the first anniversary of the protest by 10,000 practitioners outside China's government headquarters, an action which lead the government to ban the Falun Gong as an "evil cult". (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

- Apr 23 12:45 PM ET

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Chinese police, including a plainclothes officer, second from right, drag a group of Falun Gong practitioners into a police van in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday, April 23, 2000. The group of 11 women stood in a Falun Gong meditation pose facing Tiananmen Gate before police detained them. The protest came two days before the first anniversary of the protest by 10,000 practitioners outside China's government headquarters, an action which lead the government to ban Falun Gong as an "evil cult." (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

- Apr 23 3:50 AM ET

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A plainclothes Chinese policeman tries to stop a group of Falun Gong practitioners from protesting in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday, April 23, 2000. A group of 11 women and one child held a brief protest before police detained them, kicking and shoving some in the process. The protest came two days before the first anniversary of the protest by 10,000 practitioners outside China's government headquarters, an action which lead the government to ban Falun Gong as an "evil cult." (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

- Apr 23 3:55 AM ET

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Chinese police, including a plainclothes officer, center, force a group of Falun Gong practitioners into a police van in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday, April 23, 2000. The group of 11 women stood in a Falun Gong meditation pose facing Tiananmen Gate before police detained them. The protest came two days before the first anniversary of the protest by 10,000 practitioners outside China's government headquarters, an action which lead the government to ban Falun Gong as an "evil cult." (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

- Apr 23 3:55 AM ET

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