Liu Xiaobo Wife

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces international pressure to let the dissident's wife leave the country.

China faced international calls Friday to free the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo after global condemnation over the Communist regime's refusal to grant the democracy champion's dying wish to leave the country.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo's liver cancer is beyond treatment by surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Mr Liu's wife said in a video, as worries deepen among supporters over his treatment by the Chinese authorities.

The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo is unwell under house arrest and possibly suffering from severe depression.

The wife of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has written an open letter to new Chinese leader Xi Jinping to protest the 11-year prison term given to her brother.

A small group of Chinese dissidents forced their way past security guards last week to visit the detained wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and deliver a message of support, one of the dissidents said on Monday.

The wife of the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo says she hopes to travel to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf, though for now she can only leave her Beijing home under police escort.China, meanwhile, called the award an attack on the country and an attempt to change its political system, and retaliated by canceling anoth...

The wife of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo who is serving an eleven-year sentence in China may receive the peace award in Norway on his behalf as there are slim chances that the dissident will be released on a medical parole, a human rights watchdog has said.Liu, 54, has asked his wife to receive his Peace Prize in Norway, the Hong Kong-based Informatio...

The wife of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, was allowed to meet with her husband on Sunday at the prison in northeastern China where he is serving an 11-year sentence, but she was then escorted back to Beijing and placed under house arrest, a human rights group said. Prison officials had informed Mr. Liu that he won the award -- a...

The wife of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo met her jailed husband on Sunday, according to a Hong Kong-based human rights group, apparently to inform him he had won the prestigious award.The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a faxed statement that the two met this afternoon. The statement cited Liu Xiaobo's mothe...

The world's newest Nobel Peace Prize winner remained unreachable in a Chinese prison Saturday, while his wife's mobile phone was cut off and the authoritarian government continued to censor reports about democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo's honour.Police kept reporters away from the prison where Liu is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion, and h...

The wife of the world's newest Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to visit him in prison on Sunday and finally give him the news of his award, a family member said Saturday night.Police kept reporters away from the prison where democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion, and the mobile phone of his wife, Liu Xia...

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces international pressure to let the dissident's wife leave the country.

China faced international calls Friday to free the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo after global condemnation over the Communist regime's refusal to grant the democracy champion's dying wish to leave the country.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo's liver cancer is beyond treatment by surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Mr Liu's wife said in a video, as worries deepen among supporters over his treatment by the Chinese authorities.

The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo is unwell under house arrest and possibly suffering from severe depression.

The wife of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has written an open letter to new Chinese leader Xi Jinping to protest the 11-year prison term given to her brother.

A small group of Chinese dissidents forced their way past security guards last week to visit the detained wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and deliver a message of support, one of the dissidents said on Monday.

The wife of the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo says she hopes to travel to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf, though for now she can only leave her Beijing home under police escort.China, meanwhile, called the award an attack on the country and an attempt to change its political system, and retaliated by canceling anoth...

The wife of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo who is serving an eleven-year sentence in China may receive the peace award in Norway on his behalf as there are slim chances that the dissident will be released on a medical parole, a human rights watchdog has said.Liu, 54, has asked his wife to receive his Peace Prize in Norway, the Hong Kong-based Informatio...

The wife of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, was allowed to meet with her husband on Sunday at the prison in northeastern China where he is serving an 11-year sentence, but she was then escorted back to Beijing and placed under house arrest, a human rights group said. Prison officials had informed Mr. Liu that he won the award -- a...

The wife of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo met her jailed husband on Sunday, according to a Hong Kong-based human rights group, apparently to inform him he had won the prestigious award.The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a faxed statement that the two met this afternoon. The statement cited Liu Xiaobo's mothe...

The world's newest Nobel Peace Prize winner remained unreachable in a Chinese prison Saturday, while his wife's mobile phone was cut off and the authoritarian government continued to censor reports about democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo's honour.Police kept reporters away from the prison where Liu is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion, and h...

The wife of the world's newest Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to visit him in prison on Sunday and finally give him the news of his award, a family member said Saturday night.Police kept reporters away from the prison where democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion, and the mobile phone of his wife, Liu Xia...