Chinese Dissident Recieves 11 Year Jail Sentence For "Subversion"

Bloomberg reports that "Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will appeal his 11 year prison sentence for subversion, Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Daily News reported today, citing his wife. Liu, 53, hopes he will be the last person in China imprisoned for expressing personal views, the Chinese-language newspaper cited his wife, Liu Xia, as saying. The former Columbia University visiting scholar was also stripped of his political rights for two years by the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Liu helped organize Charter 08, an open letter that urged the Chinese government to hold direct elections and allow freedom of assembly. The Hong Kong paper today carried the full text of his sentence." Tweet