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.

Monday, July 10, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波病情危重 中国外交部:出国无先例 (Liu Xiaobo in critical condition, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs: seeking treatment abroad is without precedent)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-07102017092529.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Dissident Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo “in critical condition”
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102036/dissident-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-critical-condition

Related:
Video: Clip shows doctors at bedside of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, as supporters dispute fitness to travel
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/video-clip-shows-doctors-bedside-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-supporters-dispute-fitness-travel/

First foreign doctor sees ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101760/first-foreign-doctor-sees-ailing-chinese-dissident-liu

Doctors stop giving cancer drug to China’s Nobel Laureate
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-nobel-laureate-cancer-drug-suspended/3932225.html

No halt in medication for China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, relative says
Reuters, July 7, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-rights-idUSL4N1JY1A5

刘晓波及妻子出国意愿未变 友人:得知家人受株连不久癌细胞扩散 (Friend: Liu Xiaobo and his wife’s wish to go abroad remain unchanged, family members learn that cancer cells have spread)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07072017101142.html

刘晓波生命垂危 医生通知家属准备后事 (Liu Xiaobo on the verge of death, doctors advise family to prepare funeral)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xiao-bo-20170706/3931392.html

China “unlikely” to heed calls to release Liu Xiaobo overseas on medical parole
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-health-07062017134316.html

Recommendation for the further treatment of Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
MD Anderson Cancer Center, July 9, 2017
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/2017/07/recommendation-for-the-further-treatment-of-chinese-nobel-prize-.html