WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates urged the G20 to ask China to free imprisoned rights activist Liu Xiaobo, whose receipt of the peace prize this month infuriated Beijing.
"The Chinese government's release of Dr. Liu would be an extraordinary recognition of the remarkable transformation China has undergone in recent decades," the group said in a letter which was made public on Monday by Freedom Now, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that works to free prisoners of conscience.
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