| Harsh sentences have been handed down to Falun Gong practitioners, who were exercising their right to freedom of worship. |
| Mr. Allmand called on China to release all Falun Gong detainees and lift the ban against the organization. |
| According to Li, Falun Gong is a cultivation system aimed at cultivating both human life and nature. |
| To all but the ruling oligarchy in China, Falun Gong looks like any other of countless sects and groups, benign and unthreatening. |
| We asked, and will continue to ask, the Chinese authorities to put an end to the harsh treatment imposed on Falun Gong followers. |
| But that is what the brutal suppression of the group called Falun Gong has accomplished. |
