BEIJING • China yesterday rejected criticism over its treatment of cancer-stricken Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, after the United States urged Beijing to give the paroled activist freedom to move and choose his own doctors..
BEIJING • China yesterday rejected criticism over its treatment of cancer-stricken Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, after the United States urged Beijing to give the paroled activist freedom to move and choose his own doctors.
The US Embassy in Beijing joined a growing chorus of Chinese human rights lawyers and activists demanding Mr Liu’s unconditional release amid concerns about his well-being.
With three years out of his 11-year sentence left to serve, the 61- year-old democracy campaigner was granted medical parole days after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer on May 23, his lawyer Mo Shaoping said.
The US Embassy said yesterday that it was “working to gather more information” about Mr Liu’s legal and medical status after the authorities confirmed his transfer from prison to a hospital in north-east China.
“We call on the Chinese authorities to not only release Mr Liu but also to allow his wife, (Madam) Liu Xia, out of house arrest, ” embassy spokesman Mary Beth Polley said.
