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In the autumn of 2010, Liu Xia reached a prison in the northeast of China to communicate to her husband Liu Xiaobo activist and dissident, who was awarded the prize Nobel Peace Prize . It was the last trip of the free woman before the darkness of eight years, between house arrest and the surveillance of the authorities without formal objections
Poetess and artist, she was released and was allowed to leave on July 10 to reach Germany after the call to Helsinki until the arrival at Berlin Airport at the end of This trip is much longer than the actual 12 hours. "He left the country for medical treatment, of his own free will," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying told the press conference, adding that he Was no other information. course of the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the German capital. The turning point, however, took place in May during the visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel among the few to have raised with the European Union the Human Rights theme in relations with Beijing . At the joint press conference, Li said, "We must also respect humanitarianism and follow humanitarian principles, we are available to engage with Germany." Words that, in the light of the latest developments, have taken on a more definite meaning.
There were at least some postponements despite the efforts of German diplomacy . The first, in the fall, because of the Congress of the CCP and the second in March with the rite of "two legislative bademblies", called to ratify the institutional changes proposed by the Party. A judgment motivated by the need to avoid any possible interference with the two delicate political stages of the People's Republic. Health conditions, which are deteriorating physically and psychologically, have recently prompted UN human rights experts to urge China to quickly find a solution
"It's easier to die than to live, "says Liu Xia. desperation in the phone call late April with Liao Yiwu a friend who lives in Germany and who reported on ChinaChange.org website that promotes civil rights battles in the Dragon. Operation Germany has faded at the last minute. Liu Xia has declared herself ready to die in protest over the house arrest decided at the end of 2010, since the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to her husband. Liu Xiaobo, very critical of Beijing, died at age 61 in July 2017 for liver cancer while he was serving an 11-year prison sentence for "inciting subversion of state powers" after having inspired Charter 08 with the vast plan of reforms and the end of the single communist party
"My sister has already left Beijing for Europe at noon to start a new life" , she writes today Brother Liu Hui on Chinese social networks. "Thanks to all who have helped and cared for her over the years, I hope her life is the time of peace and happiness". At 57, Liu Xia is back a free woman, a few days from July 13, the first anniversary of the death of Liu Xiaobo.
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