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| Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife receives visit by activists | Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife receives visit by activists |
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| Five Chinese activists defied security guards and made a brief visit to dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who has been held under house arrest since her husband was awarded the Nobel peace prize two years ago. The rare visit on Friday was captured on video by Beijing activist Hu Jia, who posted it on YouTube on Monday. Hu said the activists wanted to see Liu Xia on that day to mark her husband's birthday. | Five Chinese activists defied security guards and made a brief visit to dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who has been held under house arrest since her husband was awarded the Nobel peace prize two years ago. The rare visit on Friday was captured on video by Beijing activist Hu Jia, who posted it on YouTube on Monday. Hu said the activists wanted to see Liu Xia on that day to mark her husband's birthday. |
| Earlier this month, AP reporters managed to visit her apartment while guards apparently stepped away, filming her first interview in 26 months. Liu was stunned by the visit, trembling uncontrollably and crying as she described how absurd and emotionally draining it had been to be kept locked in her home. | Earlier this month, AP reporters managed to visit her apartment while guards apparently stepped away, filming her first interview in 26 months. Liu was stunned by the visit, trembling uncontrollably and crying as she described how absurd and emotionally draining it had been to be kept locked in her home. |
| Liu Xiaobo is four years into an 11-year prison term for subversion for authoring and disseminating a call for democracy, Charter 08. In awarding him the peace prize, the Nobel committee cited his two-decade non-violent struggle for civil rights. | Liu Xiaobo is four years into an 11-year prison term for subversion for authoring and disseminating a call for democracy, Charter 08. In awarding him the peace prize, the Nobel committee cited his two-decade non-violent struggle for civil rights. |
| Liu Xia has been held in her duplex apartment with no access to the internet and no phone line, and is allowed only weekly trips to buy groceries and visit her parents. | Liu Xia has been held in her duplex apartment with no access to the internet and no phone line, and is allowed only weekly trips to buy groceries and visit her parents. |
| In the four-minute video, the activists are seen arguing with a man guarding the staircase leading to the couple's apartment in Beijing. They push past the guard and follow Liu Xia up the stairs to her apartment. There Liu tearfully embraced her friend, Xu Youyu, a Beijing intellectual. | In the four-minute video, the activists are seen arguing with a man guarding the staircase leading to the couple's apartment in Beijing. They push past the guard and follow Liu Xia up the stairs to her apartment. There Liu tearfully embraced her friend, Xu Youyu, a Beijing intellectual. |
| "Liu Xia said the authorities were putting a lot of pressure on her and her family, and that they would have to bear the consequences for incidents like this," Hu said. | "Liu Xia said the authorities were putting a lot of pressure on her and her family, and that they would have to bear the consequences for incidents like this," Hu said. |
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