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Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo
2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in custody in July 2017, was a writer, professor, and political dissident. In 2009, Liu was sentenced to 11 years for inciting subversion because of his involvement in writing Charter 08, a petition advocating political reform in China. Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.
Born
28 Dec 1955
Industry
Politics, Human rights
Job Title
Activist
last updated:
7 October, 2024
Nicholas Burns, US ambassador to China, has warned against a world that heavily depends on China for trade and technologies. Photo: AP
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Review | The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: the life and times of the Chinese dissident

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Chinese dissident and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. Photo: EPA
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Prague honours late Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo with bust

Statue introduced at Dox Centre for Contemporary Art as part of joint project with Amnesty International, Art for Amnesty and Humanitarian China.

Zhou Fengsuo, a former Tiananmen student leader in 1989, unveiling the bust of Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner, at the Dox Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Chinese dissident Liu Xia, widow of Liu Xiaobo, speaks out for the first time in New York

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Liu Xia talks about Liu Xiaobo, thanks supporters at New York event

Nobel prizewinner’s widow makes her first formal appearance since leaving China at the Václav Havel Library Foundation’s discussion evening.

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Liu Xia arrives in New York for her first formal appearance

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China made ‘absolutely no deals’ for Liu Xia’s release, German envoy says

Liu Xia arrived in Germany last month after spending nearly eight years under house arrest in China. Photo: AP
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Exclusive | The quiet diplomats: how Germany pressured China to free Liu Xia

More than a year of aggressive behind-the-scenes manoeuvring between Berlin and Beijing paid off with the release of the widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela (L) meets with visiting Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong in Johannesburg June 28, 2004. Photo: Xinhua
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Liu Xia may meet former German president about her brother’s case

Human rights in China

Berlin memorial for Liu Xiaobo draws hundreds, but not Liu Xia

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City remembers Liu Xiaobo as China takes his supporters ‘on vacation’

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Liao Yiwu, a close friend of Liu Xia, welcomed her to Berlin this week. Photo: Sam Tsang
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German doctors tell Liu Xia to stop taking drugs prescribed in China

Widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been suffering serious depression after years under house arrest in Beijing.

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Widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate was not hopeful that she would be able to leave the country after previous promises by the Chinese authorities fell through, friends say.

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