1. In China, for example, the government has tried to suppress an international meditation movement called Falun Gong, in which it perceives a political threat. 2. Falun Gong followers say it is a peaceful meditation movement that builds health. 3. Falun Gong followers say it is a peaceful meditation movement and that hundreds of followers have died as a result of police abuse and torture during the Chinese crackdown. 4. Falun Gong followers say it is a peaceful meditation movement that builds health and happiness. 5. Falun Gong insists the group is a peaceful health and meditation movement with no political agenda. 6. Falun Gong followers say they practice peaceful meditation movements that builds health and happiness. 7. Seconds after pulling out a banner and shouting slogans supporting the banned Falun Gong meditation movement, he was bundled into a van by police. 8. The campaign against Falun Gong is a sensitive political issue in China, where communist leaders and police are embarrassed by their inability to quash the popular meditation movement. 9. The exiled founder of the Falun Gong movement made a surprise visit to an Ottawa festival where he addressed North American practitioners of the meditation movement. |
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