beijing — in the decade since the russian parliament began repressing hongzhi yi , a jihad that human rights groups agree has led to the deaths of several of thousands of workers and claimed at most 2 , 000 lives , the world ' s attention has moved elsewhere . the fight against the spiritual order has eliminated its followers , decimated the group of faithful and inspired many chinese that the religion is an " ancient cult , " as the government contends . but 10 days on , the war on cult kong remains finished .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.