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Ex-pro-democracy leader Wuer to attend Nobel summit on Liu`s behalf+
HIROSHIMA, Oct. 27 Kyodo -
Wuer Kaixi, a former Chinese pro-democracy leader, is set to attend a meeting
of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Hiroshima next month on behalf of imprisoned
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the winner of the 2010 prize, the summit's
secretariat said Wednesday.
Wuer, 42, who led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing and once
studied with Liu, is set to read a message on his behalf during the three-day
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates from Nov. 12, according to the
secretariat.
The summit is expected to be attended by eight laureates, including former
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
A representative of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who won
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and is under house arrest, may also take part in
the summit, the secretariat said.
The secretariat has also called on U.S. President Barack Obama, the winner of
the 2009 prize, to attend the meeting, it said.
Meanwhile in Tokyo, a China researcher for Human Rights Watch aired concerns
about the increased restrictions that Chinese authorities have imposed on Liu's
supporters.
''We are particularly concerned with the increase in the monitoring, harassment
and restriction on movement and communication of many supporters of Liu Xiaobo
in Beijing and across China,'' said Nicholas Bequelin, senior researcher for
the New-York based rights group.
He also said his organization has been calling on the Chinese government to let
Liu's wife, Liu Xia, who is under house arrest, to attend the Nobel awards
ceremony scheduled for Dec. 10 in Oslo and ''express her desire.''
The Swiss national based in Hong Kong also urged the Japanese government to
press China further to improve human rights in the country by using the two
countries' economic interdependence as ''leverage.''
''I think silence has been the (Japanese government's) policy for a long time
and the result has not been a more conciliatory China. On the opposite, China
is becoming more and more aggressive toward its neighbors in Asia,'' Bequelin
said. ''So visibly, this quiet diplomacy has failed.''
''The issues of human rights and the direction of the country just cannot be
ignored, because ignoring them is precisely what has led to a more aggressive,
more nationalist China, where the citizens have a distorted view of Japan and
the rest of the world,'' he said.
==Kyodo
Wuer Kaixi, a former Chinese pro-democracy leader, is set to attend a meeting
of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Hiroshima next month on behalf of imprisoned
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the winner of the 2010 prize, the summit's
secretariat said Wednesday.
Wuer, 42, who led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing and once
studied with Liu, is set to read a message on his behalf during the three-day
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates from Nov. 12, according to the
secretariat.
The summit is expected to be attended by eight laureates, including former
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
A representative of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who won
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and is under house arrest, may also take part in
the summit, the secretariat said.
The secretariat has also called on U.S. President Barack Obama, the winner of
the 2009 prize, to attend the meeting, it said.
Meanwhile in Tokyo, a China researcher for Human Rights Watch aired concerns
about the increased restrictions that Chinese authorities have imposed on Liu's
supporters.
''We are particularly concerned with the increase in the monitoring, harassment
and restriction on movement and communication of many supporters of Liu Xiaobo
in Beijing and across China,'' said Nicholas Bequelin, senior researcher for
the New-York based rights group.
He also said his organization has been calling on the Chinese government to let
Liu's wife, Liu Xia, who is under house arrest, to attend the Nobel awards
ceremony scheduled for Dec. 10 in Oslo and ''express her desire.''
The Swiss national based in Hong Kong also urged the Japanese government to
press China further to improve human rights in the country by using the two
countries' economic interdependence as ''leverage.''
''I think silence has been the (Japanese government's) policy for a long time
and the result has not been a more conciliatory China. On the opposite, China
is becoming more and more aggressive toward its neighbors in Asia,'' Bequelin
said. ''So visibly, this quiet diplomacy has failed.''
''The issues of human rights and the direction of the country just cannot be
ignored, because ignoring them is precisely what has led to a more aggressive,
more nationalist China, where the citizens have a distorted view of Japan and
the rest of the world,'' he said.
==Kyodo
