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Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's widow leaves China
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 10 (ANI): After about eight years of house arrest, Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, has left China. She left for Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, CNN reported, citing her brother Liu Hui, as saying in a message to friends shared with CNN.
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China blocked WhatsApp's images, videos; censors texts too
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 20 (ANI) As the 19th Congress of China's ruling party is just months away, and the news of the death of Liu Xiaobo, a revolutionary in the Chinese prison has spread a certain furor across the country and the globe, which resulted to the Chinese authorities blocking
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Malala slams China over death of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July. 19 (ANI): Following the death of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo from liver cancer in custody of China last week, fellow Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has hit out at Beijing.
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Hong Kong holds vigil for Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], July 16 (ANI): Thousands of mourners took to the streets of central Hong Kong as they carried out a candle vigil in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident and Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.
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Liu Xiaobo's ashes scattered at sea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI) :The hastily arranged sea burial of late Nobel laureate, Liu Xiaobo by Chinese authorities has sparked much criticism as his supporters believe that it was designed to ensure that his grave may not become a point of protests.
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Liu Xiaobo, political prisoner dies in Chinese custody
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July 13 (ANI): China's most famous political dissident, a nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, died at the age of 61 in Chinese custody on Thursday.
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China, Norway agree to normalise bilateral ties
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec. 20 (ANI): China and Norway have reached a consensus on normalisation of ties that deteriorated since the Oslo-based Nobel Committee conferred the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, who was convicted of engaging in activities designed to overthrow the Chinese governme
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