Chinese Nobel laureate wins another prize
Friday, 5 November 2010
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (AFP): Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has won another prize, with Human Rights Watch honoring him for risking his life to "protect the dignity" of others.
The New York-based rights group named the 54-year-old writer as one of six recipients of its Alison Des Forges Award, named after a leading expert on Rwanda's genocide who died last year in a plane crash.
Renee Xia of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a network of activists, accepted the award at a ceremony Wednesday evening in New York on behalf of the imprisoned Liu.
Liu, 54, was sentenced to 11 years in prison last December on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 08, a petition calling for sweeping political reform that has been circulated online and signed by thousands.
The New York-based rights group named the 54-year-old writer as one of six recipients of its Alison Des Forges Award, named after a leading expert on Rwanda's genocide who died last year in a plane crash.
Renee Xia of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a network of activists, accepted the award at a ceremony Wednesday evening in New York on behalf of the imprisoned Liu.
Liu, 54, was sentenced to 11 years in prison last December on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 08, a petition calling for sweeping political reform that has been circulated online and signed by thousands.