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CNN7y
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident and Nobel laureate, dies | CNN
International criticism of the Chinese government is mounting following the death of Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo on Thursday.
NPR7y
Remembering Liu Xiaobo, Who Fought For Human Rights In China
As Liu Xiaobo said in the Nobel speech he was not permitted to deliver in person, "Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth." ...
The Washington Post7y
Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned in China, dies at 61
In the days after the Chinese writer and dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, on Oct. 8, 2010, his country cut off trade talks with Norway, home of the Nobel committee, and ...
BBC7y
Liu Xiaobo friend: 'He deserved to die as a free man' - BBC
China's best-known dissident, the Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. He had recently been moved from prison to hospital for cancer treatment. Yang Jianli, a friend and ...
Human Rights Watch7y
China: Democratic Voice Liu Xiaobo Dies in Custody
On June 26, Liu Xiaobo’s lawyers informed the media that Liu had been “released on bail for medical treatment” and transferred from Jinzhou Prison to China Medical University No. 1 ...
New York Daily News7y
Attention turns to freedom of Liu Xiaobo’s widow after Chinese dissident’s death
BEIJING (Reuters) – Friends of China’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer in custody, said on Friday they were unable to contact his widow, Liu Xia, and ...
The New Yorker7y
The Unbroken Liu Xiaobo - The New Yorker
In death, Liu Xiaobo’s name has gained a new power even beyond that which it achieved in life. Liu was China’s sole winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and was in prison for pieces of writing ...
The New York Times5y
Liu Xiaobo - The New York Times
Ms. Liu’s release from house arrest came almost a year after her husband, the democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo, died while in prison. By Jane Perlez Hong Kong Marks Tiananmen Crackdown, as China ...
CNN7y
Liu Xiaobo: How a dissident’s declining health turned into a propaganda battle | CNN - CNN International
As he lies in a hospital bed fighting for his life, cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has become the focus of a government propaganda offensive aimed at pushing back international ...
Los Angeles Times7y
Nobel laureate and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo dies at 61
Liu Xiaobo, the famed Chinese dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize while jailed for his pro-democracy writings, has died in a hospital in northeastern China at the age of 61.
The New York Times5y
Liu Xiaobo - Page 10 - The New York Times
Liu Xiaobo, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and is serving an 11-year prison term for subversion, is the world’s only jailed Nobel laureate. On June 8, ...