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Report Says Valid Grievances at Root of Tibet Unrest

From New York Times: A group of prominent Chinese lawyers and legal scholars have released a research report arguing that the Tibetan riots and protests of March 2008 were rooted in legitimate grievances brought about by failed government policies — and not through a plot of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The lengthy paper is the result of interviews conducted over a month in