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| Dissident Liu Xiaobo's widow 'allowed to leave China' | Dissident Liu Xiaobo's widow 'allowed to leave China' |
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| The widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been allowed to leave the country, boarding a flight for Germany, reports say. | The widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been allowed to leave the country, boarding a flight for Germany, reports say. |
| Liu Xia, who had been under house arrest since her husband won the prize in 2010, took a plane to Berlin, family friends told the BBC. | Liu Xia, who had been under house arrest since her husband won the prize in 2010, took a plane to Berlin, family friends told the BBC. |
| Her husband, a university professor turned human rights campaigner, was jailed in 2009 for inciting subversion. | Her husband, a university professor turned human rights campaigner, was jailed in 2009 for inciting subversion. |
| He died of liver cancer last year and his body was buried at sea. | He died of liver cancer last year and his body was buried at sea. |
| Liu Xia has never been charged with any crime but said in May she was ready to die in protest at her continued detention. | Liu Xia has never been charged with any crime but said in May she was ready to die in protest at her continued detention. |
| How did she leave? | |
| She took a Finnair flight from Beijing to Berlin at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday, a friend, Ye Du, told news agencies. | |
| While there was no immediate comment from its embassy, Germany had been urging China to allow Mrs Liu to leave. | |
| Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Germany this week. | |
| Western diplomats reportedly tried to visit Mrs Liu at her Beijing flat in May but were refused entry. | |
| News of her departure comes three days before the anniversary of her husband's death. |