since Friday when the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded this year's prize to her dissident husband for advocating political reform and respect for human rights in one-party China."I strongly protest against the government for my illegal house arrest," Liu Xia said on her Twitter account, calling her situation "very hard to take".
The United States and the European Union have both urged Beijing to let her move freely again, on top of their calls for Liu Xiaobo to be released from prison after he was sentenced last December to 11 years on subversion charges.
from AFP: Chinese Nobel laureate's wife slams 'illegal house arrest'
then Reporters Without Borders: Arrests, censorship and propaganda in reaction to Liu Xiaobo's Nobel
then The Guardian: Chinese activists urge Beijing to release Liu Xiaobo
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