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Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, Who Fought for Democracy in China, Dies in Police Custody

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Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who embodied the hopes of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement long after the protests were crushed, died while still under police guard after a battle with liver cancer at 61 years old.
BEIJING—Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who embodied the hopes of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement long after the protests were crushed, died in detention on Thursday after a battle with liver cancer, according to a government statement. He was 61 years old.
Mr. Liu, who was serving an 11-year prison sentence for inciting subversion, had been granted medical parole in early June and was receiving treatment under…

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