Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2010
October 8th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
The announcement attracted sharp condemnation from Beijing but renewed Western countries’ call for the jailed university professor to be freed.
The announcement was made on Friday and the President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland said Xiaobo was honored for his peaceful struggle for fundamental human rights in China. He added that the Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed that there is a connection between peace and human rights. The statement that followed the announcement of the award praised Xiaobo for standing up against infringement on human right in China.
Germany and France renewed their call for the released of Xiaobo shortly after the announcement. The German government spokesman, Steffen Seibert told reporters shortly after the announcement that the government of Germany would like to see Xiaobo receive his award in “person”.
“The government would like to see him released soon and receive his prize in person,” according to German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
That does not seem likely because China is not happy with the announcement in the first place. The country accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee for violating the integrity of the award by awarding it to someone whose “actions run contrary” to the purpose of the award.
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