Tuesday, April 24, 2012

News at Eleven: On the occasion of the April 17th evening's

"Art against censorship in China" special event at the Jeu de Paume national gallery in Paris, the human rights groups that form the Liu Xiaobo Support Committee, together with Amnesty International and well-known figures call on the Chinese authorities to free the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liu Xiaobo, who has been jailed since December 2008 and who is serving an 11-year sentence. They also reaffirm their support for his wife, Liu Xia, who is currently under house arrest.

from Reporters Without Borders: Statement by the Liu Xiaobo Support Committee and Amnesty International France

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