FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS DEMONSTRATE IN HONG KONG, 2002-08-15 (photo)

Three Swiss Falun Gong followers (From R) Roland Isenschmid, Erich Bachmannand and Duy Lam demonstrate outside the magistrate court in Hong Kong on August 15, 2002. A Hong Kong court on Thursday found 16 Falun Gong members guilty of public obstruction and other offences during a protest against Beijing, a ruling likely to spark fresh concern about freedoms in the territory five years into Chinese rule. The court fined each defendant between HK$1,300 and HK$3,800 (US$165-485), well below the maximum penalties which included jail terms of up to two years. REUTERS/Kin Cheung KC/JS