A Chinese policeman detains a Falun Gong protester at Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 22, 2001. Members of the spiritual [group], which is banned in mainland China, staged minor demonstrations during the second anniversary of the start of China's crackdown on the group. (Guang Niu/Reuters) - Jul 22 11:25 AM ET

Chinese plainclothes police lift a Falun Gong protester into a police van in Beijing's Tiananmen Square July 22, 2001. Members of the spiritual [group], which is banned in mainland China, staged minor demonstrations during the second anniversary of China's crackdown on the group. (Guang Niu/Reuters) - Jul 22 11:25 AM ET

Chinese military policemen check identification papers of visitors to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday July 22, 2001. At least seven people were detained in the square Sunday, some violently, as they attempted to mark the second anniversary of the ban on the Falun Gong [group] by waving banners in the square. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) - Jul 22 2:58 AM ET

Chinese plainclothes police detain a Falun Gong protester at Tiananmen Square in Beijing July 22, 2001. Members of the Falun Gong spiritual [group], which is banned in mainland China, staged minor demonstrations at Tiananmen Square during the second anniversary of the start of China's crackdown on the group. REUTERS/Guang Niu - Jul 22 12:34 AM ET

Falun Gong followers hold portraits of those who died in custody of the Chinese police during a silent remembrance, Friday, July 20, 2001, in a park in Taipei, Taiwan. Friday marks the second anniversary of the start of China's crackdown on the group. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) - Jul 20 11:33 AM ET

A lone Falun Gong follower meditates in front of a display of photographs of followers in the custody of Chinese authorities, Friday, July 20, 2001 in a Taipei park. Friday marks the second anniversary of the start of China's crackdown on the group. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) - Jul 20 11:38 AM ET

Over 200 followers of Falun Gong practice in a park, on the second anniversary of China's crackdown on the group, Friday, July 20, 2001, in Taipei. (AP Photo/Crystal Chang - Jul 20 9:49 AM ET

Over 200 followers of the Falun Gong practice in a park, on the second anniversary of China's crackdown on the group, Friday, July 20, 2001, in Taipei. (AP Photo/Crystal Chang) - Jul 20 9:49 AM ET

A Falun Gong follower holds back tears as she holds a portrait of a follower who died in custody of the Chinese police during a silent remembrance Friday, July 20, 2001 in a Taipei park. Friday marks the second anniversary of China's crackdown on the meditation [group]. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) - Jul 20 9:40 AM ET

A Falun Gong follower prays holding the portrait of a follower allegedly killed by the Chinese government, during a protest in Taipei July 20, 2001. The followers say more than 200 practitioners of the belief have died in police custody in China. [...] REUTERS/Kenny Wu - Jul 20 9:11 AM ET

A young Falun Gong practitioner joins other [group] members, most of them wearing T-shirts with the letters: "S.O.S" as they perform their meditation exercises during a rally outside the Hong Kong government offices Friday, July 20, 2001. Falun Gong followers marked the second anniversary of Beijing's crackdown of demonstrations that demanded an end to mainland China's often brutal campaign to eradicate the meditation group. (AP Photo/Anat Givon) - Jul 20 4:49 AM ET

A man's bag and glasses go flying as a policeman, right, catches up with him after chasing him through Beijing's Tiananmen Square Friday, July 20, 2001. The man was wrestled to the ground and taken away in a police van. At least eight people were detained in the square Friday morning, the second anniversary of the crackdown on the Falun Gong [group] which was banned two days later on July 22, 1999. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) - Jul 20 4:25 AM ET

Falun Gong follower held photograph of a follower killed by the Chinese government, during a protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2001. Supporters from around the world gathered in the nation's capitol to mark the second anniversary of China's brutal crackdown on Falun Gong practitioners. REUTERS/Larry Downing - Jul 19 3:02 PM ET

Falun Gong Practitioners hold signs protesting the treatment of practitioners killed or detained by the Chinese Government while marching towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2001. Supporters from around the world gathered in the nation's capitol to mark the second anniversary of China's brutal crackdown on Falun Gong Practitioners. REUTERS/Larry Downing - Jul 19 2:46 PM ET

Falun Gong Practitioners hold signs protesting the treatment of practitioners killed or detained by the Chinese Government while marching towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2001. Supporters from around the world gathered in the nation's capitol to mark the second anniversary of China's brutal crackdown on Falun Gong Practitioners. REUTERS/Larry Downing - Jul 19 2:22 PM ET

Falun Gong Practitioner Ellen Chou of Taiwan holds the photograph of a practitioner killed by the Chinese Government before marching towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2001. Supporters from around the world gathered in the nation's capitol to mark the second anniversary of China's brutal crackdown on Falun Gong Practitioners. REUTERS/Larry Downing - Jul 19 1:56 PM ET

Supporters of the Falun Gong [group], holding pictures of those they claim are victims of Chinese government oppression, take part in a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 19, 2001. They had marched from the Washington Monument, background to mark second anniversary of China's brutal crackdown on the [group].(AP Photo/Dennis Cook) - Jul 19 1:39 PM ET

A female Falun Gong practitioner goes through the customary slow-motion exercises in a rally outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong Wednesday, July 11, 2001. The group wrote a petition letter addressed to President Bush, who will meet Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa in Washington Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lo Sai Hung) - Jul 11 8:24 AM ET

Falun Gong followers meditate outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council July 11, 2001. Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa said recently at a Legislative Council meeting that he had no immediate plans to propose legislation to ban the controversial Falun Gong spiritual group but called it a [Tung's slanderous words omitted]. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - Jul 11 7:02 AM ET

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Original article date: 7/25/2001
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