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Jailed Chinese Nobel winner's wife hospitalised
AFP, Published on 20/02/2014
» Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been hospitalised in Beijing after experiencing heart problems, a family friend told AFP Thursday.
China Nobel winner's wife in rare video appearance
AFP, Published on 15/01/2014
» Rare video footage of Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, reading two self-written poems under house arrest was posted online Wednesday.
Chinese court tries man who planned Tiananmen protest
AFP, Published on 30/09/2013
» A man who planned a protest on the anniversary of China's Tiananmen square crackdown went on trial Sunday for "inciting state subversion", his lawyer said.
China upholds jail term for Nobel laureate's relative
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» A Chinese court Friday upheld an 11-year prison sentence given to a relative of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, a lawyer said, in a verdict the family claimed was littered with "lies".
China activist's relative to serve '11 years in jail'
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» A Chinese court on Friday upheld an 11-year prison sentence handed to the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, a lawyer said.
Sex tape official jailed in China
AFP, Published on 28/06/2013
» A former Chinese government official who became infamous after a video showing him having sex with a mistress was leaked online has been jailed for 13 years on bribery charges, state media said Friday.
China Nobel winner's wife makes appeal to Xi
AFP, Published on 15/06/2013
» The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on Friday appealed to President Xi Jinping to choose "justice" over "merciless oppression", in a rare public statement since being placed under house arrest three years ago.
Liu Xiaobo relative gets 11 years in jail
AFP, Published on 09/06/2013
» A Chinese court sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud, his lawyer said.
Argentina 'Dirty War' dictator Videla dies
AFP, Published on 17/05/2013
» General Jorge Videla, Argentina's dictator at the height of its "Dirty War" against leftist activists, died in prison while serving time for crimes against humanity. He was 87.
Two Indian ministers quit graft-tainted government
AFP, Published on 11/05/2013
» Two Indian cabinet ministers quit late Friday over corruption scandals that have engulfed Premier Manmohan Singh's graft-tainted Congress government, which faces elections within a year.