Swiss Falun Gong followers, from right to left: Eric Bachmann, Simone Schlegel and Roland Isenschmid, go through their meditation routine behind the Chinese characters for "Compassion" and "Forbearance", two of Falun Gong's three tenets, as they resumed a protest outside China's liaison office in Hong Kong on Friday March 15, 2002. Hong Kong authorities took their first legal action against [Falun Gong] followers on Friday, filing charges accusing 16 [Falun Gong] members of obstruction during a protest outside China's liaison office that ended in a scuffle with police. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)