Tibet deaths due to 'genocide'
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Your support makes all the difference.The Dalai Lama has said the desperate conditions Tibetans faced under Beijing's rigid controls, in what amounted to "cultural genocide", were behind a spate of self-immolations in southwest China.
At least 11 Tibetans have set themselves ablaze this year in a heavily Tibetan part of Sichuan province. "Some kind of culture genocide is taking place," Tibet's exiled spiritual leader told a news conference in Tokyo. REUTERS
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