04-07-2017 14:17 via yahoo.com

U.N. rights chief Zeid met with Chinese officials on Liu Xiaobo

By Stephanie Nebehay and Christian ShepherdGENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has met Chinese officials regarding Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a spokeswomen said on Tuesday, as international concern grows over his condition.Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms."High Commissioner (Zeid) se
Read more »