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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo cremated

The Nobel Peace Prize winner writer died of liver cancer on Thursday evening. His wife and friends attended the ceremony.

West mourns Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and criticises Beijing

Western leaders, rights groups and the Nobel Peace Prize committee expressed sorrow at the death of Liu Xiaobo, but reaction was muted in his homeland, where strict censorship made him less well-known than abroad.

Chinese dissident and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies aged 61

It was announced in a brief statement on Thursday that Liu had suffered multiple organ failure and efforts to save him had failed.