Falun Gong protest outside Chinese Embassy in Prague

Two dozen Czech followers of the spiritual movement Falun Gong on Saturday gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Prague to stage a peaceful protest against human rights abuse in China. Petr Šváb, one of the organizers of the event, said that Falun Gong was planning to step up its awareness campaign in the run up to the Olympic Games in Beijing. He said Falun Gong had proof of at least 2,000 arrests of political activists in China since the beginning of last year and of over 100 people dying in labour camps or being tortured to death. Šváb said the Chinese regime had two faces –one which it showed to the world and another to its own people.