An exhibition demonstrating the torture methods used by the Chinese authorities against followers of an outlawed spiritual movement was held in Aberdeen yesterday. Practitioners of Falun Gong held the Persecution Meets Principle exhibition in the city's Castlegate and attracted more than 200 signatures to a petition [calling for an end of the persecution].

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Hundreds of thousands of people in China are estimated to have been sent to labour camps, and hundreds handed jail sentences.

The exhibition, which had already visited London, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Oxford, uses photos, props and actors to demonstrate the suffering of Falun Gong followers in the practice's homeland.

It was also a chance for people to find out more about the practice based on a philosophy of compassion and tolerance. Eddy Aitken, one of the exhibition organisers, said: "I think there has been quite a positive reaction.

"The exhibition has raised a few eyebrows, and we have had a number of people ask us about why there is not a school in Aberdeen. So we have managed to raise awareness of Falun Gong, which is what we were trying to do."