Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo: Angela Merkel calls on China to show humanity to ailing activist
The Guardian, July 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/11/liu-xiaobo-angela-merkel-calls-on-china-to-show-humanity-to-ailing-activist

Related:
An unsettling video made at the bedside of ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is circulating
Quartz, July 10, 2017
https://qz.com/1024782/an-unsettling-video-made-at-the-bedside-of-ailing-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-is-circulating/

Activists call on China to release Liu Xiaobo for cancer treatment abroad
The Guardian, July 9, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/09/liu-xiaobo-tells-foreign-doctors-he-wants-to-leave-china-for-treatment

Dissident Nobel-winner Liu Xiaobo never thought he would be arrested, says wife in newly disclosed video
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/dissident-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobo-never-thought-arrested-says-wife-newly-disclosed-video/

Ailing dissident’s case fits a pattern in Chinese Prisons, critics say
The New York Times, July 10, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-medical-care-dissidents.html

Relatives of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo put under close surveillance, Hong Kong-based NGO says
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/relatives-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-put-close-surveillance-hong-kong-based-ngo-says/

Chinese evade censors to express sorrow, anger over plight of Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102001/chinese-evade-censors-express-sorrow-anger-over-plight

As Liu Xiaobo fades, his hopes for reform in China are dying as well
The Guardian, July 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/09/liu-xiabo-fades-hopes-reform-china