Tibetan children forced into Chinese boarding schools says US senator, seeks UN probe

Two US lawmakers have called on the United Nations to investigate Chinese authorities' forced placement of Tibetan children in state-run schools where they are separated from their families in a bid to reduce contact with their native language and culture, according to a media report. "We see this system as resulting in serious human rights violations and cultural and linguistic erasure," Merkely and McGovern wrote as chair and co-chair.