Practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong held a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles on Oct. 15.
The vigil, which was attended by over a thousand Falun Gong practitioners from 36 nationalities, commemorated those killed by the Chinese Communist Party in a 16-year-long campaign aimed at eradicating the spiritual practice, and called for an end to the persecution.
Falun Gong practitioners young and old held glowing white cups as they sat in neat rows that stretched into the distance, outside the Consulate-General of China. Many had in front of them pictures of family members or friends who had been killed in the persecution in China.
