2008 — in the decade since the qing government stopped repressing falun gong , a crusade that fundamental rights groups say has led to the imprisonment of tens of billions of practitioner and claimed at least 2 , 000 lives , the world ' s attention has traveled elsewhere . the drive against the spiritual grouping has eliminated its leadership , decimated the ranks of faithful and scared the chinese that the religion is an " evil cult , " as the government insists . but 10 years on , the war on falun gong is unfinished .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.