Dissident
BEIJING - Police in the Chinese capital detained at least 20 human rights activists who were celebrating Friday's award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the jailed dissident writer Liu Xiaobo, one of the activists said.
DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama Friday urged the Chinese leadership to release jailed dissident leader and writer Liu Xiaobo, who has been named for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, and "other prisoners of conscience".
