Liu Xiaobo is a writer, political commentator and human rights activist.

All his works are banned in China.

In 1989 he was involved in the student movement that occupied Tiananmen Square.

Since 1989 he has been imprisoned four times.

His current sentence in December 2009 is for eleven years, charged with “spreading a message to subvert the country and authority”

 

Liu Xiaobo has many human rights awards including:

 

2010 Nobel Peace Prize

2009 Homo Homini Award – One World Film Festival

2004 Foundation de France Prize

 

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LIU XIAOBO DIED IN CUSTODY IN A CHINESE HOSPITAL FROM LIVER CANCER ON 17th JULY 2017.......

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