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.

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo, China’s prescient dissident
The New Yorker, July 4, 2017
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/liu-xiaobo-chinas-prescient-dissident

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港支联会疾呼海外团体施压让刘晓波出国治疗 (Hong Kong Alliance urges overseas groups to pressure China for Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment)
Voice of America, July 4, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hk-xiaobo-liu/3927347.html

瀋陽司法局:劉曉波正得到精心治療 (Shenyang Bureau of Justice: Liu Xiaobo is being taken good care of)
Apple Daily, July 4, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170704/1153872/

刘晓波正在得到精心治疗 (Liu Xiaobo is being taken good care of)
Shenyang Bureau of Justice, July 3, 2017
http://www.syssfj.gov.cn/cms/201707/149907055394287.html

Terminally ill Chinese dissident “not free”, wants to seek cancer treatment overseas
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissident-07032017111153.html

刘晓波病情新报告 癌细胞或已骨转移 (Latest development of Liu Xiaobo’s condition, cancer cells spread to bones)
Radio France Internationale, July 3, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170703-刘晓波病情新报告-癌细胞或已骨转移

耿爽稱不了解劉曉波案情 促西方國家尊重司法主權 (Foreign ministry: has no knowledge of Liu Xiaobo’s criminal case and urges the West to respect China’s judicial sovereignty)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1339837-20170703.htm

Family of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo says he is well enough to travel abroad for treatment—HK NGO
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/03/family-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-says-well-enough-travel-abroad-treatment-hk-ngo/

德国政府:希望刘晓波得到一切必要的治疗 (German gov’t: Hopes Liu Xiaobo will receive all necessary treatment)
Deutsche Welle, July 3, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/德国政府希望刘晓波得到一切必要的治疗/a-39526251

Doubts arise over Chinese Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo's inability to travel for cancer treatment
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101107/doubts-arise-over-chinese-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobos