http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/13/asia/china-liu-xiaobo/index.html
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received an 11-year sentence for "inciting subversion of state power."
Story highlights
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate's mild manners and gentle voice belied his conviction for his cause -- improving human rights in China.
"I feel that, in a dictatorship, if you want to be a person with dignity, if you want to be an honest person, you must fight for human rights and fight for freedom of speech," the writer and activist said in a 2007 interview. "Going to prison is part of that, and I have nothing to complain about."
Liu died of liver cancer on July 13 at a hospital in Shenyang in northeastern China. He was 61.
He was granted medical parole in June after receiving his diagnosis in prison, but the Beijing government would not let him seek treatment abroad despite Liu's wishes and international pressure.
Officials eventually agreed to invite Western doctors to join his medical team.
feared the dissident was close to death -- made a martyr by the Communist authorities.
"Whether it was gross negligence or political murder, they have committed an unprecedented crime as no other government of the world has ever seen a Nobel Peace Prize laureate die in its custody," said Hu Jia, a leading Chinese human rights activist, when Liu first left jail.
Hu has known Liu's wife, Liu Xia, for years and served prison terms for his own advocacy.
Many of his friends and supporters said at the time of his release that they feared the dissident was close to death -- made a martyr by the Communist authorities.
Remembering Liu Xiaobo
Liu was first jailed for his role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement after the bloody crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- and later for petitioning for political reform and co-writing a paper on policy toward Taiwan that was at odds with the government stance.
His most recent conviction, in December 2009, stemmed from his co-authorship of Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political reform and human rights in China. He received a surprisingly harsh 11-year prison term for "inciting subversion of state power."
In October 2010, while serving his sentence at Jinzhou Prison, near Shenyang, Liu was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."
Liu's wife tweeted at the time that, upon hearing the news from her during a prison visit, her husband started to cry and said: "This is for the martyrs of Tiananmen Square."
"His continued effort throughout these 20 years has not changed society, but he's influenced a lot of people," Liu Xia, who married Liu Xiaobo in 1996 while he was serving an earlier prison sentence, told CNN in 2009.
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received an 11-year sentence for "inciting subversion of state power."
Story highlights
- Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer on July 13 in Shenyang, China
- He'll be remembered for his fight for human rights and freedom of speech
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate's mild manners and gentle voice belied his conviction for his cause -- improving human rights in China.
"I feel that, in a dictatorship, if you want to be a person with dignity, if you want to be an honest person, you must fight for human rights and fight for freedom of speech," the writer and activist said in a 2007 interview. "Going to prison is part of that, and I have nothing to complain about."
Liu died of liver cancer on July 13 at a hospital in Shenyang in northeastern China. He was 61.
He was granted medical parole in June after receiving his diagnosis in prison, but the Beijing government would not let him seek treatment abroad despite Liu's wishes and international pressure.
Officials eventually agreed to invite Western doctors to join his medical team.
feared the dissident was close to death -- made a martyr by the Communist authorities.
"Whether it was gross negligence or political murder, they have committed an unprecedented crime as no other government of the world has ever seen a Nobel Peace Prize laureate die in its custody," said Hu Jia, a leading Chinese human rights activist, when Liu first left jail.
Hu has known Liu's wife, Liu Xia, for years and served prison terms for his own advocacy.
Many of his friends and supporters said at the time of his release that they feared the dissident was close to death -- made a martyr by the Communist authorities.
Remembering Liu Xiaobo
Liu was first jailed for his role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement after the bloody crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- and later for petitioning for political reform and co-writing a paper on policy toward Taiwan that was at odds with the government stance.
His most recent conviction, in December 2009, stemmed from his co-authorship of Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political reform and human rights in China. He received a surprisingly harsh 11-year prison term for "inciting subversion of state power."
In October 2010, while serving his sentence at Jinzhou Prison, near Shenyang, Liu was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."
Liu's wife tweeted at the time that, upon hearing the news from her during a prison visit, her husband started to cry and said: "This is for the martyrs of Tiananmen Square."
"His continued effort throughout these 20 years has not changed society, but he's influenced a lot of people," Liu Xia, who married Liu Xiaobo in 1996 while he was serving an earlier prison sentence, told CNN in 2009.
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