China Releases Jailed Nobel Peace Winner on Medical Parole
- Liu Xiaobo has been diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer
- Was represented by an empty chair during 2010 Nobel ceremony
A demonstrator holds a banner of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo during a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong on May 18, 2016.
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Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been released on medical parole after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his lawyer said on Monday.
Liu, 61, was granted medical parole last week, according to Mo Shaoping, one of his lawyers, who said he had been notified by Liu’s family. He’s now being treated at the No. 1 Hospital of the China Medical University in Shenyang, the capital city of northeastern Liaoning province, Mo said by phone.