The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident who won Nobel while jailed, dies at 61
刘晓波病逝:自由的探路者,专制主义的囚徒
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-dead.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170713/liu-xiaobo-dies-at-61/

Liu Xiaobo dies from liver cancer at 61
Global Times, July 13, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1056262.shtml

Related:
好友:劉中午進入彌留狀態 (Liu Xiaobo’s friend: Liu in dying state around noon)
Mingpao, July 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170713/s00004/1499923712670

Diplomats fear Beijing is stalling on allowing Liu Xiaobo out of China
The Guardian, July 12, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/diplomats-fear-beijing-is-stalling-on-allowing-liu-xiaobo-out-of-china

白宫担忧刘晓波 促北京准自由选择治疗 (White House worries about Liu Xiaobo and urges Beijing to allow him to choose treatment freely)
Voice of America, July 13, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/white-house-liu-xiaobo/3942299.html

捷克《七七憲章》簽署人發表聲明向劉曉波致送慰問 (Czechoslovakia Charter 77 signatories issue joint statement in support of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 13, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1341804-20170713.htm

默克爾:極度關注劉曉波健康惡化 促中國允離開 (Merkel: extremely worried about deteriorating health of Liu Xiaobo and urges China to allow him to leave the country)
Mingpao, July 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170712/s00005/1499870197962

蔡英文呼吁北京给刘晓波自由 称台湾愿协助 (Tsai Ing-wen calls on Beijing to free Liu Xiaobo, says Taiwan is willing to help)
Voice of America, July 12, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-tsai-urges-china-to-give-liu-xiaobo-freedom-to-make-medical-choice-20170712/3941172.html

Hong Kong pan-democrats urge Beijing to release ailing dissident Liu Xiaobo in Legco petition
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2102332/hong-kong-pan-democrats-urge-beijing-release-ailing

习近平为何不放刘晓波出国治病? (Why doesn’t Xi Jinping allow Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment?)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-07122017115535.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=%E5%88%98%E6%99%93%E6%B3%A2

「中國需要被殖民三百年」憶劉曉波 (“China needs to be colonized for 300 years” to commemorate Liu Xiaobo)
Liberty Times, July 12, 2017
http://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1118217