Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres), which advocates freedom of information around the world, on Tuesday accused Chinese authorities of having "murdered" Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo by denying him proper medical care during his incarceration. "We can clearly state that Liu Xiaobo was ...
Friends of the dissident who would become China's first Nobel Peace Prize laureate had for decades urged him to leave the country that sent him to prison time and again. Liu Xiaobo always said no. When Liu had a chance to seek asylum abroad after ...
Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday and his wife is "free," a government official said, as a state-run newspaper attacked him as a "despised" criminal out of step with Chinese society. Liu, 61, died of multiple organ failure Thursday in ...
The Chinese hospital treating cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo offered a grim update on his health Wednesday, but human rights groups cautioned that the authorities may be manipulating the medical reports. The 61-year-old democracy advocate's liver function continued to deteriorate and he suffered from "shock ...
Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said Wednesday the United States would like to see Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo treated elsewhere for cancer, and that the two countries must work together on human rights. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years ...
The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife freedom to move and choose his own doctors after he was granted medical parole. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said it was "working to gather more ...
China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer said Monday. Liu, who had about three years of his 11-year sentence to serve, was diagnosed on May 23 and was ...
Arundhati Roy's eagerly awaited second novel goes on sale Tuesday, two decades after her prize-winning debut "The God of Small Things" propelled her to global fame and launched her career as an outspoken critic of injustice in her native India. Roy became the first Indian ...
After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony Saturday, the Swedish Academy announced. The academy, which awards the coveted prize, ended prolonged speculation as to whether the 75-year-old troubadour would use a ...
DC Comics' "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and a documentary attacking Hillary Clinton tied Saturday at the annual Razzie worst-of film awards, Hollywood's hall of shame. The rivals won four "Razzies" each for their poor acting, writing and directing, although it was "Batman" that ...
A solar-powered movie theater was unveiled in Burkina Faso on Friday ahead of the city's hosting of Africa's top film festival. The theater, with a 300-seat capacity, will run on solar energy. Named Canal Olympia Yennenga, it is now the third-largest movie hall in Burkina ...
India's censor board has refused to certify a film it describes as "lady-oriented," sparking a furious response from the director, in the latest case to highlight fears over creative freedom in the country. In a letter, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) told the ...
