Oct
10
2010

Chinese Nobel Winner’s Wife Detained

suraj.sun writes with word (snipped from CNN) that censoring the news of Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel prize wasn’t enough for the government of China; now, Liu’s wife “has been detained in her apartment in Beijing, China, and is not allowed to see people or use her telephone, a human rights group citing her attorney said Sunday. The woman, Liu Xia, has not been charged with a crime, said Freedom Now, a US-based group. ‘Liu Xia is under enormous pressure,’ said Dr. Yang Jianli, a member of Liu Xiaobo’s defense team and a human rights specialist with Freedom Now. ‘We hope that world leaders will immediately condemn this shameful act by the Chinese government and urge Liu Xia’s immediate and unconditional release.’”

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