He was recently moved from prison to a hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang to be treated. The leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the peace prize, said the Chinese government bore a heavy responsibility for his death. Rights groups and Western governments had urged China to allow Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, to leave the country to be treated abroad, as Liu had said he wanted. But the government had warned repeatedly against interference and said Liu was being treated by renowned Chinese cancer experts. "He did so in the face of the most relentless and often brutal opposition from the Chinese government.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2017 13:30 UTC