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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. [91] In December 2009, the European Union and United States issued formal appeals calling for the unconditional release of Liu Xiaobo.
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 2010 he became the first Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Peace ...
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo was born on the 28th of December 1955. As a young man he studied literature and philosophy, and worked as a literary critic and university lecturer in Beijing. He took a doctorate in 1988, after which he was a guest lecturer at universities in Europe and the USA. Liu Xiaobo took part in the student protests on Tiananmen Square in ...
Oct 8, 2010 · Mr. Liu is not expected to accept the prize in person. The award includes a gold medal, a diploma and the equivalent of $1.5 million. The prize is an enormous psychological boost for China’s ...
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. After spending a year and a half in prison, he continued his ...
Dec 23, 2009 · I Have No Enemies:My Final Statement. Nobel Lecture in Absentia, December 10, 2010. Statement of December 23, 2009. Read by Liv Ullmann. [TRANSLATION BY HRIC*] In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college ...
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Dec 10, 2010 · Liu has dedicated his award to his fellow protesters. Read the statement Liu Xiaobo delivered in a Chinese court in 2009 before he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for subversion. In his ...
