Police and security forces raid the homes of more than a thousand grassroots leaders of the Falun Gong in yet another instance of Beijing's escalating battle against the [...] [group].

And the central government is collecting more evidence of the group's alleged links with cults in different parts of the world.

[Group] suppression comes at a high price.

PICTURE GALLERY: Images of the Falun Gong (below)

In this sequence of three: a woman unfurls a Falun Gong banner at Tiananmen Square, January 1, 2001.

In this sequence of three: holding the banner, she runs through the crowd.

In this sequence of three: plain clothes police force the woman to the ground and arrest her. The three frames take place over just five seconds.