Current Affairs Charter 77 signatories want Nobel nomination for Chinese contemporaries

27-01-2010 13:17 | Rob Cameron

Some of the original signatories of the human rights appeal Charter 77 have called on Czech politicians and academics to nominate the Chinese human rights initiative Charter 08 for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Charter 08 was originally signed by more than 300 people, including the human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who’s been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his involvement.

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