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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Nina LARSON

Activists Decry Tibet 'Cultural Genocide' Ahead Of China Rights Review

Many exiled Tibetans accuse China's ruling Communist Party of repression and eroding their culture (Credit: AFP)

Activists accused China of seeking to "erase" Tibetan cultural and religious identities, urging a review of Beijing's rights record at the UN on Tuesday to focus on its "cultural genocide" in the region.

United Nations experts and activists estimate that more than a million Tibetan children between the ages of three and 18 have been separated from their families and placed in a network of residential boarding schools.

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