Falun Gong followers practice meditation exercises outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, August 24, 2001. About a hundred followers of the spiritual movement held posters reading "SOS" urgent rescue Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China. REUTERS/Kin Cheung

Members of the Falun Gong meditation [group] carry banners and march in downtown Hong Kong on Friday, Aug. 24, 2001. The [group] members protested against what they say is illegal detention and physical torture of Falun Gong practitioners, demanding their release in mainland China. The Chinese characters read:" Imprisonment without reason by Beijing's Public Security Bureau". (AP Photo/Anat Givon)

Police officers, far right, watch as members of the Falun Gong meditation [group] carry banners and march in downtown Hong Kong on Friday, Aug. 24, 2001. The [group] members protested against what they say is illegal detention and physical torture of Falun Gong practitioners, demanding their release in mainland China. The Chinese characters read:" Imprisonment without reason by Beijing's Public Security Bureau". (AP Photo/Anat Givon)