Hospitalisation of jailed Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo: Protesters in Hong Kong demand to fly him abroad for treatment
Protesters display portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong on Monday
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Protesters display portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong on Monday. The hospital treating Xiaobo said his condition is now critical and doctors are in “active rescue” mode for China’s best-known political prisoner. AP
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The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu’s tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems. AP
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But human rights activists decried the hospital statement as a delay tactic to prevent Liu from getting his wish of going abroad, where they say he would be free to speak out. AP
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The hospital said in a statement on its website that it is preparing to take the 61-year-old democracy advocate into emergency care if necessary, adding that “Liu’s family members have been informed of the above circumstances”. AP
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Two foreign cancer specialists examined Liu on Saturday and said on Sunday he could still safely leave the country, contradicting their Chinese counterparts. China has faced international pressure to grant its most prominent dissident complete freedom and let him leave the country since he was transferred from prison to the hospital after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in late May. AP
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