Nobel Peace Prize 2010 Laid on Empty Chair: Liu Xiaobo still locked up in a Chinese Jail
Geschreven op 10-12-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Mensenrechten
The Nobel Committee held its Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo Friday with the focus on an empty chair.
Laureate Liu Xiaobo was still locked up in a Chinese jail, while his wife remained under house arrest.
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Liu Xiaobo Nobel Peace Laureate
Liu Xiaobo, one of the most outspoken critics of the Chinese government, spent a year and a half in prison after the 1989 Tiananmen Square peaceful protests, and in 1996 was imprisoned for three years for criticizing China’s policy toward Taiwan and the Dalai Lama. Last year, he was sentenced to a further 11 years for co-authoring Charter 08, a petition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A former university professor, Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Human Rights Watch honors Liu Xiaobo for his fearless commitment to freedom of expression and assembly in China.