Tibet
Dalai Lama: China causing 'cultural genocide'(CNN - March 16, 2008)
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/tibet.unrest/
(CNN) -- The Dalai Lama on Sunday called for an international probe of China's treatment of Tibet, which he said is causing "cultural genocide" of his people.
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet spoke at a news conference Sunday in Dharmsala, India, two days after violent clashes between pro-autonomy demonstrators and Chinese security forces in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
A spokesman for the Tibetan exile government said it has confirmed at least 80 deaths in Friday's violence and that protests were continuing outside the capital on Sunday, further undermining China's hopes of a smooth run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Tibet Watch, a group based in Daramsala, India, told CNN that 34 people have died in the Nwaga County area of Sichuan province in western China.
The dead include women and children, the group said in an e-mail. They were killed by Chinese police attempting to stop the protests.
Another protest took place in Machu County in northwestern China, the group said. It was started by some Tibetan students distributing fliers.
