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July 10, 2018 News Release

China: Nobel Laureate’s Widow Released

Poet Liu Xia, After Nearly 8 Years’ House Arrest, Left for Germany

Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning political dissident Liu Xiaobo, smiles as she arrives at the Helsinki International Airport in Vantaa, Finland, July 10, 2018. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS
October 17, 2017 News Release

China: Celebration of Liu Xiaobo at Washington National Cathedral

Forceful Calls for Liu Xia Release as Party Congress Opens in Beijing

Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Liu Xia, pictured before his arrest in 2008.
October 17, 2017 Commentary

Dueling Chinese Parties, and the Gulf Between Them

As Xi Jinping Reasserts His Authority, Liu Xiaobo Is Ignored but Not Forgotten

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July 20, 2017 News Release

China: Widow of Nobel Laureate Feared ‘Disappeared’

Beijing Should Cease Harassment and Detention of Liu Xiaobo’s Supporters

  Liu Xia is shown holding photos of her deceased husband, Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
July 17, 2017 Commentary

Liu Xia: “I Am Not Free”

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia.
July 14, 2017 Commentary

Australia's Shameful Silence on Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo.
July 13, 2017 News Release

China: Democratic Voice Liu Xiaobo Dies in Custody

Nobel Laureate’s Death Exposes Beijing’s Ruthlessness, But His Vision Lives On

Liu Xiaobo
July 5, 2017 News Release

G20: Press China to Free Nobel Laureate

Liu Xiaobo Largely Isolated in Hospital in Shenyang

The Nobel Prize–winning writer Liu Xiaobo before his arrest, photographed by his wife, Liu Xia, in 2008.
June 30, 2017 News Release

China: End Restrictions on Gravely Ill Nobel Laureate

Stop Harassment of Liu Xiaobo’s Family, Friends

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia.
June 26, 2017 News Release

China: Permit Liu Xiaobo to Freely Seek Medical Care

2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Has Advanced Liver Cancer

The Nobel certificate and medal is seen on the empty chair where this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo would have sat, as a portrait of Liu is seen in the background, during the ceremony at Oslo City Hall December 10, 20
December 20, 2016 Dispatches

Filling Liu Xiaobo’s Empty Chair

Norway Should Use Thaw in China Relations to Press for Nobel Laureate’s Release

A picture of this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is seen near an empty chair where he would have sat, during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall December 10, 2010.
December 2, 2013 Letter

Letter to Vice President Joe Biden

Case of Former PEN President and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo

February 27, 2013 Impact

China: New Global Effort to Free Liu Xiaobo

450.000 Citizens in 130 Countries Join 135 Nobel Laureates to Demand Release

October 12, 2012 News Release

China: Joint Statement by International Support Committee to Liu Xiaobo

October 7, 2011 News Release

China: Release Nobel Laureate and Others Wrongly Jailed, Disappeared

Official Vindictiveness Against Liu Xiaobo, his Family, and Supporters

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