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- Reaction to Liu Xiaobo's death was muted in his homeland due to strict censorship, but there has been an outpouring of sorrow from Western leaders and human-rights groups. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman tweeted on her behalf, writing, "I mourn Liu Xiaobo, the courageous fighter for human rights and freedom of expression."
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Jul 13, 2017 · At a press briefing Friday morning, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga expressed “sincere condolences on the death of Liu Xiaobo who devoted his life to freedom and democracy ...
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Jul 13, 2017 · Mr. Liu’s illness elicited a deluge of sympathy from officials, friends, Chinese rights activists and international groups, who saw him as a fearless advocate of peaceful democratic change.
Jul 13, 2017 · The top United Nations human rights official today expressed his deep sorrow at the news that China's “iconic” peace and democracy figure, Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61.
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. [2]
Jul 13, 2017 · German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her deep condolences for Liu's family, while her foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel called for China to allow Liu's wife and her brother to leave for...
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s most famous pro-democracy advocates and political prisoners, just died in Chinese custody at a hospital. He was 61.
Jul 15, 2017 · Liu, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, was suffering from late stage liver cancer in a hospital in northeast China, after the government refused to let him leave the country for treatment. Liu...
