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Wife of China’s jailed Nobel Laureate suspected of suffering from severe depression

Sa, 12/03/2013 - 11:51 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, weeps in anguish after her brother was jailed in June. Photo: AP

The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo is unwell under house arrest and possibly suffering from severe depression, but refuses to seek medical help as she is afraid of further punishment, her friends said on Monday. The accounts from Liu Xia’s friends shed a rare light into her condition since being held at home after Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Prize in 2010. They also come two days ahead of a visit to China by US Vice President Joe Biden, during which human rights will likely be raised amid a broader crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech and assembly. Liu Xia wrote to prominent human rights lawyer Mo Shaoping in August that she was “close to going crazy, close to mental collapse” during the time of the trial of her brother, Liu Hui, on fraud charges, Mo told reporters.

Tiananmen leader denied in bid to return to China

Pt, 11/25/2013 - 13:20 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
WALLY SANTANA, FILE / AP PHOTO

The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was turned back from Hong Kong on Monday in his latest attempt to surrender to Chinese authorities and return home. It was the fourth such attempt by Wu'er Kaixi, who said his lack of success so far was the result of "absurd" actions by the Chinese government. Wu'er, who has lived in exile for more than two decades, is stuck in a situation in which he's both wanted for arrest and, like many other dissidents who have fled, prevented from returning to China.

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