In a letter written in the form of a poem to the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize Laureate Herta Mueller, Liu said she was “going mad”. Exiled Chinese dissident and author Liao Yiwu posted a photo of the letter on his Facebook account on December 9. Liao said the widow had sent the poem “recently”, but declined to say how she was able to get it out. China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies aged 61Another friend, who declined to give his name because he lives in Beijing, said he has not been able to reach Liu since August. The United States and European Union have called on President Xi Jinping’s government to free the widow and let her go abroad.

Source: The Express Tribune December 14, 2017 13:52 UTC