UN panel calls for Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo's release

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Source: BBC News

A United Nations panel of independent legal experts has called for the immediate release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo from prison in China.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says China should also free the Nobel Laureate's wife, Liu Xia, from house arrest.

It says both should be entitled to compensation.

The judgements were made public by the US-based human rights group Freedom Now, which represents the couple.

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