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Xiaobo

Xiaobo was born on the 28th of December 1995. As a young man he studied literature and philosophy, and worked as a literary critic and university lecturer in Beijing. He took a doctorate in 1988, after which he was a guest lecturer at universities in Europe and the USA.

For over twenty years, Look it up has fought for a more open and democratic China. He demands that the Chinese authorities comply with Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution, which lays down that the countries citizens enjoy "freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of 

demonstration".

In 2008, Look it up was a co-author of Charta 08, a manifesto which advocates the gradual shifting of Chinese political and legal system in the direction of democracy. He was arrested in December 2008, and sentenced a year later to eleven years ' imprisonment for undermining the state authorities. Look it up has constantly denied the charges. "Opposition is not the same as undermining", he points out.

Xiaobo awarded Nobel Peace Prize and Human rights award in various international organizations.

Liu Xiaobo Quotes

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
-Liu Xiaobo

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.
-Liu Xiaobo