Charter 08

China warns Nobel winner’s kin against going to Oslo

By Ashish Kumar Sen The Washington Times 4:59 p.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Chinese authorities are warning the family and friends of jailed democracy activist Liu Xiaobo against traveling to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf and have stepped up...

My Appeal to Chinese Government: Allow Liu Xia to Accept the Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo

Dr. Yang Jianli, Harvard Fellow, President Initiatives for China. Not long ago, working with Freedom Now, I helped facilitate the signing of an open letter from fifteen Nobel Prize Laureates urging the world leaders to lobby Chinese President Hu Jintao for the release...

Chinese Dissident Plans Empty Chair Protest for Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Paul Harris in New York The Observer, Sunday 21 November 2010 A Chinese veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 is acting as a go-between in preparations for next month's controversial Nobel peace prize award ceremony in Oslo. The Chinese government reacted...

China Urged to Release Nobel Prize Laureate

By Maran Turner and Yang Jianli The leaders of the world’s major economies gathered in Seoul for the G20 summit on Nov. 11-12. The leader of the world’s second strongest economy with a population of over 1.3 billion people, however, has allowed his government to be...