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Mar 1, 2014 · demonstrates why Liu Xiaobo’s eleven-year jail sentence was unusually shocking, especially to the intelligentsia: it was the lengthiest known sentence for this specific “crime” of ...
- Philip F Williams
Dec 20, 2008 · Liu Xiaobo, one of the original signers of the Charter, and a prominent intellectual and dissident, has been detained, apparently for expression protected under international human rights standards that the Chinese government has recognized.
In 2008, Liu played a leading role in drafting and recruiting signatories for Charter 08, a manifesto for democracy and human rights in China modeled on Czechoslovakia’s Charter 77.
Liu Xiaobo and other public intellectuals who initiated the "Charter 08" simply exercised their right to freedom of expression that is enshrined in China's Constitution and also the ICCPR which China signed but still has not yet ratified.
What Liu Xiaobo was accused of was taking part in drafting and signing the “Charter 08”, a blueprint of the outlook of China’s democratic and human rights development inspired by the ideas of the “Charter 77” of the Czech dissidents, including Václav Havel, late writer and former president of Czech Republic.
1. Part One: Liu Xiaobo and the Crime of Inciting Subversion. Is Jail the Only Place Where One Can “Live in Truth”?: 15 Liu Xiaobo’s Experience. Jean-Philippe Béja. The Sky Is Falling: Inciting Subversion and the Defense of 31 Liu Xiaobo. Joshua Rosenzweig.
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