Falun Gong followers in Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of their spiritual movement today.
The organisation held marches and meditations, and it called on Beijing to stop suppressing practitioners in mainland China. Members used their bodies to form three Chinese characters meaning "Falun Gong is good".
Falun Gong was founded in 1992 by Mr Li Hongzhi, a former Chinese government clerk who later moved to New York. It has attracted millions of followers with its blend of slow-motion exercises and philosophy drawn from Taoism, Buddhism and Mr Li's often-unorthodox ideas.
Beijing has outlawed Falun Gong as an "evil cult", and Falun Gong says hundreds of followers have died in a police crackdown.
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