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Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to Eleven Years (Updated with Photos)

Dissident Liu Xiaobo has been sentenced to 11 years on charges of subversion, AP reports: The sentencing of Liu Xiaobo comes despite international appeals for his release, which China sternly rejected as interference in its internal affairs. Liu was the co-author of an unusually direct appeal for political liberalization in China called Charter 08. He was detained just before it was released last D