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Amnesty International UK:FREE LIU XIA

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Liu Xia, a poet, artist and human rights defender, has been under illegal house arrest in Beijing since 2010 – when her husband, Dr Liu Xiaobo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Continue reading →

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Rename the street DC Chinese Embassy is located to ‘Liu Xiaobo Street’ urges @NancyPelosi /Rep. Frank Wolf

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Rename Chinese embassy’s street in Washington, US lawmakers urge

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May 30, 2014, 10:08 am


Rename Chinese embassy s street in Washington, US lawmakers urge

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Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers called Thursday for the street outside Continue reading →

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House members urge D.C. to name street for imprisoned Chinese dissident

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BY AL KAMEN

May 29 at 4:51 pm

BEIJING, CHINA – 1989/06/01: Watched by thousands of protestors, one of the pro-democracy movement leaders talks into a microphone as he gives a press conference in Tiananmen Square. Continue reading →

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U.S. Politicians Want to Name a Street After Liu Xiaobo, China Not Pleased

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6:42 pm HKT May 30, 2014 

 


A man walked in front of a poster of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo in 2010. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
You say commemorative, I say provocative.

That was the message Friday that came from China Ministry of Foreign Affairs Continue reading →

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Nobel Laureate’s Release from Prison May Hinge on His ‘Regret’

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By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 28, 2014 6:00 PM

Liu Xiaobo.
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The world has not heard from Liu Xiaobo, its only imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate, for a long time.

Not since his impassioned self-defense in a Beijing court in December 2009, when he declared he had “no enemies and no hatred,” not toward the people who had arrested him, nor the judge who sentenced him on that icy Christmas Day for “incitement to subvert state power” for co-authoring Charter 08, Continue reading →

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US Group To Honor Two Jailed Chinese Dissidents

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2014-05-23 

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An undated file photo of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Two prominent jailed Chinese dissidents will be presented with an award by a U.S.-based non-government group to mark the 25th anniversary of the bloody Continue reading →

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Princelings Urge Parole For Imprisoned Nobel Laureate

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Descendants of China’s Communist founding fathers have been pushing for the early release of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, two unnamed sources tell Reuters. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for inciting subversion, and received the Nobel Peace Prize the following year. Internal discussion reportedly revolves around international criticism on human rights, with hopes for an improved image abroad weighed against fears that Liu’s freedom would give critics a potent new weapon. From Benjamin Kang Lim and Michael Martina:

[… T]he back channel push for Liu’s parole shows that a debate is taking place among leaders about damage to China’s reputation caused by his jailing. It also suggests the ruling elite are not monolithic when it comes to views on dissent.

[…] “For many princelings, the pros of freeing Liu Xiaobo outweigh the cons,” one of the sources said. “Liu Xiaobo will definitely be freed early. The question is when.”

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