Nobel Winner Liu Xiaobo’s Wife Under House Arrest
The wife of China's Nobel Peace Prize winner said late Sunday that Chinese authorities had allowed her to visit husband Liu Xiaobo in prison over the weekend, then… More
Intellectuals held in China crackdown after Liu Xiaobo gets Nobel
More than 30 Chinese intellectuals have been detained, warned or placed under house arrest in a crackdown aimed at stifling celebration following the award of the Nobel peace prize… More
Words a Cell Can’t Hold
I had imagined being there beneath sunlight / with the procession of martyrs / using just the one thin bone / to uphold a true conviction More
Jailed Dissident’s Nobel Peace Prize Infuriates China
Even before Liu Xiaobo became the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Communist Party’s censors were already hard at work trying to keep the news… More
Jailed Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights." Liu… More
PEN’s Own Liu Xiaobo, Imprisoned Chinese Writer, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
PEN American Center today celebrated the news that Chinese colleague Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic, writer, and political activist who is serving an 11-year sentence in a Chinese prison,… More
China’s Burden of Shame
Today's Nobel Peace Prize announcement is a reminder that the Chinese people will never earn the full respect of the world until their government respects them first. More
Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Imprisoned Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo and former Independent Chinese PEN Center board has won the Nobel Peace Prize “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in… More
Chinese Nobel winner a ceaseless campaigner
China's most prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo has been a thorn in the government's side since 1989 when he joined student protesters on a hunger strike days before the army… More
Dissident wins Nobel prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 has been awarded to jailed Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, the Oslo-based Nobel committee said today in a statement. More