CHINA
China Won’t Let Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Laureate, Get Cancer Treatment Abroad
Steven Lee Myers, THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Chinese authorities have refused permission for Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace laureate paroled from prison for cancer treatment, to go abroad for care, one of his lawyers said on Thursday. The authorities did not explain the rejection, according to the lawyer, Shang Baojun. The news undermined hopes among supporters of Mr. Liu, a writer and dissident, that he might be freed altogether, if not allowed to leave China. He remains under police guard in a hospital. There have been signs that China’s leaders …read more
Source: Victims of Communism