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| Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been jailed for 11 years for "inciting subversion of state power", after a trial condemned in the West. | Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been jailed for 11 years for "inciting subversion of state power", after a trial condemned in the West. |
| The trial follows Mr Liu's co-authorship of a document last year calling for political reform. | The trial follows Mr Liu's co-authorship of a document last year calling for political reform. |
| The EU, US and human rights groups have denounced the trial as political, but China accused them of meddling. | The EU, US and human rights groups have denounced the trial as political, but China accused them of meddling. |
| Western diplomats and journalists were barred from the courthouse when the trial began on Wednesday. | Western diplomats and journalists were barred from the courthouse when the trial began on Wednesday. |
| The BBC's Michael Bristow in Beijing says the sentence shows China does not want anyone to challenge its authority. | |
| Mr Liu is a prominent government critic and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests. | Mr Liu is a prominent government critic and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests. |
| A writer and former university professor, he has been in jail since 2008, after being arrested for writing a document known as Charter 08. | A writer and former university professor, he has been in jail since 2008, after being arrested for writing a document known as Charter 08. |
| The charter called for greater freedoms and democratic reforms in China, including an end to Communist one-party rule. | The charter called for greater freedoms and democratic reforms in China, including an end to Communist one-party rule. |