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China releases Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo with terminal cancer: lawyer

Published: 26 Jun 2017 - 11:03 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 05:36 pm
(FILES) This file handout picture received from the family taken on March 14, 2005 shows 2010 Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo in Guangzhou in southern China. China OUT / AFP / LIU FAMILY / Handout

(FILES) This file handout picture received from the family taken on March 14, 2005 shows 2010 Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo in Guangzhou in southern China. China OUT / AFP / LIU FAMILY / Handout

AFP

Beijing: China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday.

"He's now being treated at a hospital in Shenyang (in northeast Liaoning province). He has no special plans. He is just receiving medical treatment for his illness," lawyer Mo Shaoping said, adding that he was diagnosed on May 23 and released days later.