Ding Zilin

Arrest of Ding Zilin, the Mother Courage of 1989. This was reported by Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who from her confinement under house arrest invited the international community to keep focused on the woman's fate.

The woman lost her 17-year old son in the army repression and since then she has steadily fought for truth and justice. Soon after the Prize awarding, she had declared to an Italian newspaper: "The condemnation of Liu Xiaobo marked the beginning of the moral collapse of the Communist regime, but after the Prize we know the process is irreversible".

Interviewed by der Spiegel little before being arrested, Liu Xia told about her life as the wife of an activist and said: "I will go to Oslo and receive the Prize".



See the link of an interview in the box below