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China: Seven years after his arrest PEN writers urge China to release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia

Posted on 12/08/2015 by | China: Seven years after his arrest PEN writers urge China to release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia已关闭评论

lxb‘Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.’ – Liu Xiaobo Continue reading →

China: Seven years after his arrest PEN writers urge China to release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia已关闭评论

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Five Years On, Liu Xiaobo’s Wife Stays Silent, Under House Arrest

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2015-10-08
8b30938e-3adb-4318-98d6-1d2c10166680Liu Xia (r) and rights lawyer Mo Shaoping (l) arrive at her brother Liu Hui’s trial in Beijing on April 23, 2013.
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Five years after being awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, activists are calling on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to release his wife Liu Xia, Continue reading →

Five Years On, Liu Xiaobo’s Wife Stays Silent, Under House Arrest已关闭评论

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PEN Appeals to Xi Jinping for Release of Imprisoned Chinese

Posted on 09/18/2015 by | PEN Appeals to Xi Jinping for Release of Imprisoned Chinese已关闭评论

By EDWARD WONG SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 5:04 AM September 18, 2015 5:04 am

18sino-pen01-tmagArticleA photograph of Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace laureate, at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. In 2009, he was charged with “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to 11 years in prison.Credit Espen Rasmussen for The New York Times

For them, pens and laptops are the tools of their trade and their megaphones to the world. Among their ranks are some of the best-known chroniclers of American society and Continue reading →

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Samantha Power: Remarks at the FreeThe20 Campaign Launch

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CN2HdjPUkAA6FKhSamantha Power

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Washington, DC
September 1, 2015
AS DELIVERED

AMBASSADOR POWER: Thank you. Good afternoon. Twenty years ago, 189 governments and approximately 30,000 nongovernmental organizations – activists from around the globe convened in Beijing for a world conference to advance gender equality and women’s rights. Continue reading →

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No. 17 Liu Xia: The 2nd of June 1989 and Another

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The 2nd of June 1989

— To Xiaobo

This is not a good weather
I under the flourishing sun
Said to myself Continue reading →

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China: PEN renews calls for release of poet Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia

Posted on 12/10/2014 by | China: PEN renews calls for release of poet Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia已关闭评论

8 December 2014

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PEN is calling for immediate and unconditional release of Liu Xiaobo and wife, Liu Xia.

8 December 2014 marks the sixth anniversary of the arrest of Chinese poet and human rights defender Liu Xiaobo, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his dissident writings and peaceful activism. Liu Xiaobo was imprisoned for “inciting subversion of state power” for his part as the leading author behind “Charter ‘08”, a manifesto calling for protection of universal human rights and democratic reform in China. Continue reading →

China: PEN renews calls for release of poet Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia已关闭评论

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153. LIU XIA

Posted on 10/13/2014 by | 153. LIU XIA已关闭评论

Liu XiaPen name               

Sex                               Female

Birth date                1959-04-01

Birth place              Beijing City

Resident place         Beijing City Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Liu Xia and Her Dolls

Posted on 09/15/2014 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao:Liu Xia and Her Dolls已关闭评论

September 26, 2012

A loss and a win for an artist in isolation.

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One of Liu Xia’s Doll Photographs

From The Silent Strength of Liu Xia. Continue reading →

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