Human Rights Watch: Liu Xiaobo
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/human-rights-watch/liu-xiaobo_b_794456.html
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"I believe that my work has been just, and that someday China will be a free and democratic country. Our people then will bathe in the sunshine of freedom from fear. I am paying a price to move us in that direction, but without the slightest regret. I have long been aware that when an independent intellectual stands up to an autocratic state, step one toward freedom is often a step into prison. Now I am taking that step; and true freedom is that much nearer." - Liu Xiaobo, shortly after being...
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