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A woman walks past anti-cult posters beside a sidewalk in Beijing on April 23, 2019. - The posters have gone up in Beijing as it approaches the 20th anniversary of a mass protest by Falungong practitioners outside the Zhongnanhai leadership compound on April 25, 1999. The group was later branded an evil cult and outlawed, leading to years of repression. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-RELIGION-RIGHTS-FALUNGONG,FOCUS BY EVA XIAO (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman walks past anti-cult posters beside a sidewalk in Beijing on April 23, 2019. - The posters have gone up in Beijing as it approaches the 20th anniversary of a mass protest by Falungong practitioners outside the Zhongnanhai leadership compound on April 25, 1999. The group was later branded an evil cult and outlawed, leading to years of repression. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-RELIGION-RIGHTS-FALUNGONG,FOCUS BY EVA XIAO        (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)