China releases Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo from prison for cancer treatment according to : The Globe and Mail

On Monday, his lawyer, Mo Shaoping, confirmed that Mr. Liu was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with cancer. A former professor who was banned from the classroom, Mr. Liu spent decades speaking out against China's authoritarian one-party rule. Beijing froze diplomatic ties with Norway shortly after Mr. Liu was made a Nobel laureate, and sought to exact economic revenge on the Scandinavian country. "I am very worried" about Mr. Liu's illness, said He Weifang, a law professor and Charter 08 signatory. Mr. Nee called Mr. Liu's illness "obviously a tragic case.




China's only Nobel Peace Prize winner and most famous dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was released Monday from prison on medical grounds to treat his advanced liver cancer, his lawyer told The Washington Post. "Liu Xiaobo was an important partner in our democratic movement of 1989. In 2010 when he won the Nobel Prize while in prison, his family was prevented from traveling to Norway to accept the award. "Liu was diagnosed with liver cancer on May 23, and the parole application was approved last week," said his lawyer, Mo Shaoping. Read more:China's Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace PrizeOpinion: China has not been able to hide Liu Xiaobo's ideasXia Liu: A voice for my husbandToday's coverage from Post correspondents around the worldLike Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news

Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo released from Chinese prison with late-stage cancer

China's best-known political prisoner, the civil rights campaigner and Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been released on medical parole after he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Liu Xia may not know her husband is sick, Mo said, as he has been unable to contact her. The Norwegian Nobel committee awarded Liu the peace prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China". When he was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2010 he was represented by an empty chair. Liu Xia, his wife, has been under house arrest since her husband won and has reportedly suffered from depression due to her isolation.


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