Swiss Falun Gong practitioners Erich Bachmann (L) and Simone Schlegel meditate outside a Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, March 14, 2002. A group of four Swiss and 12 local followers, urging an end to Chinese suppression of the banned spiritual movement, were later carried away by the police. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Simone Schlegel, a Falun Gong follower from Switzerland, is carried away by police after beginning a hunger strike with three other Swiss Falun Gong practitioners outside a Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, March 14, 2002. The group of four protested with local followers on Thursday, urging an end to Chinese suppression of the banned spiritual movement. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Erich Bachmann, a Swiss practitioners of Falun Gong, shouts slogans inside a police car after he was taken away by policemen outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong Thursday, March 14, 2002. Hong Kong police arrested 16 followers of Falun Gong including four Swiss who staged a protest outside the Chinese government liaison office and refused orders to move. The Swiss had vowed to go hungry for three days in a demonstration against China's alleged refusal to let them enter the mainland to take their message to Beijing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Roland Isenschmid, a Swiss practitioners of Falun Gong, is taken away by policemen outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong Thursday, March 14, 2002. Four Swiss practitioners of Falun Gong assembled outside the Chinese government liaison office Thursday morning and vowed to go hungry for three days to protest China's refusal to let them take their message to Beijing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)