"Cult organisations that have destroyed normal social order and stability through illegal gatherings and led to the deaths of practitioners, rapes of women and swindled money should be dealt with severely," Xinhua said this weekend....

The official Chinese government paper was speaking of the cult Falun Gong, but it applies to anyone the Chinses government sees as a threat to their regime.

When does freedom of association become a criminal offence, worry especially as Mr Blair said this...