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Jailed dissident Liu 'has terminal cancer' Liu Xiaobo: China frees jailed dissident after cancer diagnosis
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China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Mr Liu, a human rights campaigner, was jailed in 2009 on subversion charges for calling for greater democracy.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. His lawyer says he is being treated in hospital in northern Liaoning Province after being diagnosed a month ago.
His wife Liu Xia has been under house arrest since her husband won the award in 2010 but has never been charged.
Liu Xiaobo. 61, was a key leader in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
The Chinese authorities have never explained why they have restricted his wife's movements.