Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo in 2009

Political protest in Hong Kong against the detention o Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo (pronunciation: Template:IPAc-cmn; born 28 December 1955) is a Cheenese literary critic, professor, an human richts activist who cawed for democratic reforms an the end o ane-pairty rule in Cheenae. He is currently incarceratit as a political prisoner in Cheenae.

He haes served as Preses o the Independent Cheenese PEN Center since 2003. On 8 December 2008, Liu wis detained in response tae his participation wi Charter 08. He wis formally arrestit on 23 Juin 2009, on suspicion o "incitin subversion o state pouer." He wis tried on the same chairges on 23 December 2009, an sentenced tae eleiven years' imprisonment an twa years' deprivation o political richts on 25 December 2009.

Durin his 4t prison term, he wis awardit the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, for "his lang an non-violent struggle for fundamental human richts in Cheenae."

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