Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Calls mount for “best” treatment for imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo
Voice of America, June 26, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/calls-mount-best-treatment-imprisoned-disssident-liu-xiaobo/3917615.html

Related:
U.S. hopes to see Chinese activist Liu treated for cancer “elsewhere”
Reuters, June 27, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-diplomacy-idUSKBN19J03N

美駐華大使稱願助劉曉波到其他地方治療 (U.S. ambassador to China willing to help Liu Xiaobo find treatment in other areas)
Hong Kong Economic Journal, June 28, 107
http://www2.hkej.com/instantnews/current/article/1595256/美駐華大使稱願助劉曉波到外地治療

指劉曉波說「死也要死在西方」 為證兩人想出國就醫 友人公開劉霞親筆信:我渴望逃離 (Liu Xia in letter to friend: “I want to escape,” and refers to Liu Xiaobo as saying “Even if I die, I want to die in the West,” as evidence that both people want to seek treatment abroad)
Stand News, June 28, 2017
https://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波患癌-證有意出國就醫-友人公開劉霞親筆信-我渴望逃離/

Liu Xiaobo: China tells U.S. not to interfere over jailed dissident
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 27, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40416474

Questions about Liu Xiaobo's treatment in China prison
Al Jazeera, June 27, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/questions-liu-xiaobo-treatment-china-prison-170627093937549.html

In pictures: “Political oppression”—Hong Kong activists call for release of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/27/pictures-political-oppression-hong-kong-activists-call-release-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobo/

What China’s treatment of its most famous dissident says about its claim to global leadership
The Washington Post, June 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/26/what-chinas-treatment-of-its-most-famous-dissident-says-about-its-claim-to-global-leadership/

Beijing’s Nobel shame
The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-nobel-shame-1498517004

The Guardian view on human rights in China: Liu Xiaobo is dying, free him
The Guardian, June 27, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/27/china-human-rights-liu-xiaobo-dying-guardian-view