Friday, December 10, 2010

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded to Liu Xiaobo is OSLO; CNN and BBC TV Blocked in Beijing


Such Black Screen were seen in Beijing, China at 8.00 pm localtime on BBC and CNN TV Channels.


Breaking News of the moment comes from Beijing, China where CNN and BBC TV were blocked at 8.00 pm local time when the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded to Liu Xiaobo is Oslo; CNN and BBC TV Blacked in Beijing.


Chinese government also censored many websites which were showcasing news on Liu Xiaobo being awarded Nobel Prize.


China Central Television also did not report on the prize.


54 year old Liu Xiaobo was jailed in December 2009 for 11 years on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 08, a petition calling for political reform in one-party Communist Party-ruled China.


China, which is furious over the award, has ignored any positive take on the Nobel prize given to Liu, only reporting the news in state media accounts of Beijing’s opposition to the Nobel committee’s choice.


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