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Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波; pinyin: Liú Xiǎobō; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in China.
Jul 13, 2017 · BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, the renegade Chinese intellectual who kept vigil at Tiananmen Square in 1989 to protect protesters from encroaching soldiers, promoted a pro-democracy charter that brought...
Jul 13, 2017 · International criticism of the Chinese government is mounting following the death of Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo on Thursday.
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo was the "foremost symbol" of China's human rights struggle, the Nobel committee said. When the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement began in 1989, he was a visiting scholar at...
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo took part in the student protests on Tiananmen Square in 1989. For that he was sentenced to two years in prison. Later he served three years in a labour camp for having criticised China's one-party system. For over twenty years, Liu has fought for a more open and democratic China.
Jul 13, 2017 · Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was China's most prominent human rights and democracy advocate, has died aged 61. The activist had been serving an 11-year prison term for "subversion" and was...
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent dissident and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has died of liver cancer on Thursday after more than eight years in custody. Liu’s career as a public...