Chinese students light candles to honor people that have been killed for practicing the spiritual exercise Falun Gong
Yaning Liu's mother is in prison in China, and she has not seen her for three years. And when her passport expires in one year, Liu might have to leave the United States to return to China.
But when she returns to China, Liu said, she might also be arrested for practicing what more than 70 million people worldwide practice - Falun Gong.
Falun Gong - an ancient, yoga-like Chinese exercise involving slow body movements - was banned in 1999 by the Republic of China because the government considers it an activity that is against the Communist regime.
The Chinese government rejects freedom of expression, assembly and conscience, and "groundlessly felt threatened by the growing number of Chinese who regularly do the ancient exercises," according to a Falun Gong fact sheet compiled by the Falun Dafa information center.
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