China bears ‘heavy responsibility’ for death of Xiabao – Nobel committee
In this image taken from June 3, 2008, video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview before his detention in Beijing, China. The hospital treating ailing Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu says his condition is now critical and doctors are in “active rescue” mode for China’s best-known political prisoner. The First Hospital of China Medical University said in a statement Monday, July 10, 2017, that Liu, who has liver cancer, is suffering from a severely swollen stomach, low blood pressure and poor kidney function. An MRI scan also revealed growing cancer lesions(AP Photo)
OSLO, Norway – The Nobel committee said Thursday the Chinese government was responsible for the 2010 peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s “premature” death while still in custody following a battle with cancer.
“We find it deeply disturbing that Liu Xiaobo was not transferred to a facility where he could receive adequate medical treatment before he became terminally ill,” it said in a statement. “The Chinese government bears a heavy responsibility for his premature death.”
