AP Photo: A Falun Gong practitioner holds a sign that dates the death of a practitioner killed by the Chinese government

(AP Photo/Lynsey Addario) A New York practitioner of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in mainland China, holds a sign that dates the death of a practitioner killed by the Chinese government. In a letter to Chinese president printed in the New York Times, U.S. Falun Gong members protested against what they called the illegal arrest, imprisonment and torture of the group's practitioners and asked for a meeting with Chinese president.