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
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
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
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
Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo is the winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, it was announced Friday morning. More
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident who is serving an 11-year prison term after repeatedly calling for human rights and… More
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