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Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Dies

Liu Xiaobo had recently been moved from prison to hospital for cancer treatment.

China's best-known dissident, the Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. He had recently been moved from prison to hospital for cancer treatment. Western governments and rights organisations had called on Beijing to allow Liu Xiaobo to go overseas for treatment, but those demands were refused. The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells us the West made too little effort to press for Mr Liu's release during his years in prison.

Also in the progamme: Emmanuel Macron tries to persuade Donald Trump to change his climate stance; And has Hungary broken EU law by pressuring civil society groups?

(Image: An undated image of Liu Xiaobo in Beijing. Credit: EPA/Liu Xia)

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Thu 13 Jul 201720:06GMT

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