China: Fear of torture and other ill-treatment, Liu Xiaobo (m)

Index Number: ASA 17/030/2009
Date Published: 24 June 2009
Categories: China

Scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on 23 June. Liu Xiabo has been held under “residential surveillance” since 8 December 2008, without any due process or access to a lawyer.