Nearly 300 Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, as part of a series of events held around the world to condemn the persecution of the faith group in China.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. First introduced to the Chinese public in 1992, it quickly spread by word of mouth to reach an estimated 70 million to 100 million practitioners by 1999.
