Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Prize ceremony
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Prize ceremony
Photograph of Salil Shetty, on the left, Secretary General of Amnesty International (2010-18), and John Ralston Saul, on the right, president of PEN International (2009-15) at the Nobel Prize awards ceremony held at Oslo City Hall in Norway on 10 December 2010. A photograph of Liu Xiaobo, co-founder and president (2003-07) of the Independent Chinese Centre, and the recipient of that year’s Nobel Peace Prize, can be seen behind hanging them. When awarded this prize Xiaobo was imprisoned in Jinzhou prison in North East China, and was thus represented at the ceremony by an empty chair. Xiaobo was bestowed the award “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Prize ceremony
Ceremonia del Premio Nobel a Liu Xiaobo
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