US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China to release Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.The remarks came in a statement marking five years since the activist was detained for subversion.Mr Kerry also asked that Mr Liu's wife Liu Xia, who has been
under house arrest since 2010, be released. Friends say she is suffering
from depression.Mr Liu was convicted of subversion in 2009. He won the Nobel the next year despite fierce opposition from China.
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