Liu Xiaobo: Freed Chinese intellectual spoke out for change
Hong Kong activist and legislator Leung Kwok-hung (R) holds a placard at a 2016 protest calling for the release of Liu Xiaobo (AFP Photo/Richard A. Brooks)/ Beijing (AFP) - Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and human rights until Chinese authorities locked him up for speaking out. The 61-year-old, who was previously jailed for his involvement in the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced in 2009 to 11 years in prison for subversion -- a punishment ...
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