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Chinese Hospital: Health of Ailing Dissident Failing

by VOA News

   The hospital treating ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for
   late-stage liver cancer says the Nobel Peace laureate's condition is
   worsening.

   The First Hospital of China Medical University, located in the
   northeastern city of Shenyang, posted a statement on its website saying
   the 61-year-old Liu is suffering from shock and organ failure, and
   undergoing dialysis treatment.

   Liu was granted medical parole in May after he was diagnosed with
   late-stage kidney cancer. Beijing has ignored pleas from the United
   States, Germany and numerous human rights groups to allow Liu and his
   wife to go overseas so he can seek treatment, claiming he is too sick
   to travel and is getting the best medical care in China.

   Two doctors from the United States and Germany visited Liu last weekend
   at the Shenyang hospital, and declared him well enough to travel. But a
   video of their visit released earlier this week showed the visiting
   doctors praising their Chinese counterparts.

   The German embassy in Beijing issued a statement Monday criticizing
   China, noting that "security organs are steering the process, not
   medical experts."

   Liu is a poet and human rights activist who was arrested after writing
   "Charter '08," a manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China, and
   awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his campaign for democracy
   and human rights. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "inciting
   subversion of state power," a law often used by Chinese authorities to
   silence dissidents.