Twelve winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, among them Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, They pressured Obama to demand the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, on the occasion of the visit this Friday of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to United States, according to a letter published this Wednesday.
In that letter dated 2 September, of which AFP obtained a copy, los firmantes exhortan al presidente estadounidense a "hacer un llamamiento público al gobierno chino para que ponga en libertad" a Liu Xiaobo, also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and his wife, Liu Xia.
The dissident writer and intellectual Liu Xiaobo has been 2009 a shame of 11 years in prison. Fue condenado y encarcelado por "subversión".
Shortly after, his wife, Liu Xia, was placed under guarded house arrest, remember the document, que exige que se la autorice a "viajar al extranjero para ser atendida, tal y como ella ha solicitado".
"Todos los intentos para encontrar una solución a su detención a través de negociaciones diplomáticas entre bastidores, han fracasado", the twelve signatories regret, among whom are South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Tibetan religious dignitary Dalai Lama, former Polish president Lech Walesa and David Trimble, former head of the Northern Ireland unionist party.
"Creemos que si dirigentes como usted no reaccionan rápidamente, both publicly and behind the scenes, China seguirá creyendo que puede comportarse con impunidad", They write to President Obama, He was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
THE CHINESE PRESIDENT, Xi Jinping, arrived in the United States this Tuesday, where his journey began for a budget visit in Seattle (northwest), and he is scheduled to be received by Obama at the White House on Friday.
The US administration has promised to place the thorny issue of human rights and political and religious freedoms high among the meeting's topics..
Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, The Chinese Communist Party has tightened its controls on dissenting voices, with the arrest of dozens of activists. She further , more of 130 Lawyers have been detained in recent months for interrogation, some of whom still remain arrested.
