German leader joins condemnation,saying she finds Beijing’s refusal to let dying Nobel laureate leave country depressing’Angela Merkel has urged China’s leaders to show some “humanity” as international condemnation intensifies over their refusal to allow the critically ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to be moved from the country for treatment.
After examining China’s most illustrious political prisoner on Saturday, doctors from Germany and the US said he was well enough to be taken overseas and had expressed a desire to go. A US lawyer representing Liu, or 61,said a group of medical professionals and medical evacuation team was standing by and alert to transport Liu and his family out of China “as soon as permission is given to let them leave”. Related: Dying dissident Liu Xiaobo must be allowed to travel, UK and EU urge China President Xi should not be afraid of a dying man and what he might hold to say.
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Source: theguardian.com