is demanding that China immediately free Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife and pay them "adequate" compensation.The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued separate opinions saying China is violating international law by imprisoning Liu and holding his wife, Liu Xia, under house arrest.
Freedom Now, a Washington-based human rights group whose founder, Jared Genser, is the lead lawyer for the Lius, released the opinions on Monday.
The U.S. government strongly backed the Working Group's opinions.
from The West Australian (via AAP): UN panel demands China free Nobel laureate
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