2016 — in the decade since the communist authority began repressing falun gong , a war that human rights groups talk has led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of participants and claimed at some 2 , 000 lives , the nation ' s attention has focused southwest . the drive against the spiritual group has eliminated its leadership , decimating the number of faithful and convinced many chinese that the group is an " evil society , " as the government asserts . but 10 months on , the fight on cult gong lies unfinished .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.