Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel

Chinese dissident who was imprisoned, Liu Xiaobo, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.

The announcement of the victory of Liu Xiaobo will certainly anger the Chinese government had earlier warned not to give that gift to these activists.

Prior to this announcement, the president of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, told local television that the conscious choice to defend the gift recipient.


"You'll get the point after hearing the name of the winner," said Thorbjoern.

On Thursday (7 / 10) he says the winner is clear early in the process.

Liu Xiaobo 54-year-old was sentenced to 11 years on Christmas Day last year because of a Charter 08 who asked for multi-party democracy and respect for human rights in China.

Last month, China's foreign ministry warned the Nobel committee not to give Liu Xiaobo gift because this step is contrary to the principles of the Nobel Prize.

Although no figures announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize nominations, a number of names circulating in the media, among others, human rights activist Sima Samar of Afghanistan, Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushikina, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl and Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai.

The Nobel Committee must defend a controversial decision when choosing a President Barack Obama as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize last year