Freedom of Residence and Movement
Artist and Poet Liu Xia Reportedly Hospitalized, Then Discharged
Congressional-Executive Commission on China
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CECC Chairman Senator Sherrod Brown and Cochairman Representative Christopher Smith today urged the Chinese government to end the unlawful home confinement of Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, and to respect her internationally-recognized right to freedom of movement.
The following text was retrieved from the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China Web site on January 24, 2013.
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The recent escape of self-trained legal advocate Chen Guangcheng from illegal house arrest has attracted international attention and concern. On April 22, Chen escaped from his home in Dongshigu village, Linyi city, Shandong province, where he and his family had been detained without charge for 19 months. After escaping from home confinement, Chen met the U.S.