- Title: Video shows foreign doctors praising treatment of ailing Chinese dissident Liu
- Date: 10th July 2017
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JULY 10, 2017) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "We have answered for several times. China is a country under the rule of law, and everyone is equal before the law. We hope relevant countries can respect China's judicial sovereignty and will not use the so-called individual cases to interfere with China's internal affairs." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE FLAG FLYING HONG KONG, CHINA (JULY 10, 2017) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS MARCHING TO CHINA LIAISON OFFICE POSTER OF LIU XIAOBO CHINA EMBLEM PROTESTERS SITTING OUTSIDE LIAISON OFFICE FORMER LAWMAKER LEE CHEUK-YAN (L) AND HONG KONG ALLIANCE CHAIRMAN, ALBERT HO, SITTING DOWN EMPTY CHAIR PROP REPRESENTING LIU PROTESTERS SITTING IN PLACARD OF LIU IN JAIL (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) HONG KONG ALLIANCE CHAIRMAN, ALBERT HO, SAYING: "I hope the whole world, every country, every city, and those who care about Liu Xiaobo come together and go to Chinese embassies and sit outside until the Chinese Government is willing to give Liu Xiaobo a choice, his own choice of treatment, respect his wishes." PROTESTERS CHANTING (Cantonese) "RELEASE LIU XIAOBO" POSTER OF LIU XIAOBO (R) AND HIS WIFE LIU XIA (L) VARIOUS OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LOGO VARIOUS OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHER, PATRICK POON, WORKING LAPTOP SCREEN DISPLAYING LIU XIAOBO AND LIU XIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHER, PATRICK POON, SAYING: "If China still would not allow to let him leave the country and that means he eventually will die in Chinese custody - so far still released on medical parole doesn't mean that he's free, so he's still very much under Chinese custody - So if something like that happens that will not only make China look embarrassed but it will also have a strong implications for other countries to consider how you would deal with China in future in the case of human rights and freedom."
- Embargoed: 24th July 2017 13:02
- Keywords: Liu Xiaobo hospital human rights jail foreign ministry
- Location: BEIJING AND SHENYANG CITY, LIAONING PROVINCE AND HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: BEIJING AND SHENYANG CITY, LIAONING PROVINCE AND HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0036P4VWW5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A video released on social media on Sunday (July 9) shows foreign doctors on the hospital bedside of sick dissident Liu Xiaobo.
A couple of video clips of Liu have appeared on YouTube, which is blocked in China, since his illness came to light.
On Sunday, a new clip shot a day before, was posted, showing two foreign men, apparently German and U.S. doctors. They appear to be praising the quality of care Liu has received.
Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms.
He was recently moved from jail to a hospital in the city of Shenyang to be treated for late-stage liver cancer.
The 23rd floor of building number 1 of the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, where friends of Liu say he is being treated, has been sealed off, with access only for patients or family members.
Calls have grown from rights groups and Western governments for China to allow Liu to travel with his wife, Liu Xia, to be treated overseas while the Chinese foreign ministry continued to ask foreign countries to respect their judicial sovereignty. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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