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Jul 9, 2024 · Liu Xiaobo (born December 28, 1955, Changchun, Jilin province, China—died July 13, 2017, Shenyang, Liaoning province, China) was a Chinese literary critic, professor, and human rights activist who called for democratic reforms and the end of one-party rule in China.
In March 2009, the One World Film Festival awarded Liu Xiaobo the Homo Homini Award, organized by the People in Need foundation, for promoting freedom of speech, democratic principles and human rights.
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo. The Nobel Peace Prize 2010. Born: 28 December 1955, Changchun, China. Died: 13 July 2017, Shenyang, China. Residence at the time of the award: China. Prize motivation: “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”. Prize share: 1/1.
On July 13, imprisoned Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer, after long being denied appropriate medical treatment. A well-known essayist and poet, he was arrested just after the Tiananmen Square massacre for his support of the protesters.
Oct 9, 2010 · But after he helped to pen a document known as Charter 08, a call for multiparty elections and democratic reform, Liu was arrested again. Despite his travails, Liu has remained a man of deep...
Jul 14, 2017 · For his significant contribution to the issue of human rights, People in Need awarded Liu Xiaobo with the Homo Homini prize for 2008. “Liu reminds me of Václav Havel in many respects – an intellectual with strong values, a writer and a poet, but most of all, a human being who was willing to take up responsibility disregarding the risky ...
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Oct 8, 2010 · In awarding the prize to Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Committee delivered a stinging rebuke of China’s growing intolerance for domestic dissent.
