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Obama raised Nobel laureate’s plight with Hu
Mr Obama has repeatedly called on China to free Mr Liu, calling him an ‘eloquent and courageous spokesman for the advance of universal values through peaceful and non-violent means’. The official declined to characterise Mr Hu’s response to Mr Obama’s comments, made during the Chinese president’s state visit to the United States.
Mr Liu, a writer and one-time professor, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 08, a bold petition calling for political reform in one-party Communist-ruled China. — AFP
HAS OBAMA GONE FAR ENOUGH?
