but she never actually broke the law her only crime was being married to her husband lou szabo the late civil rights activist china had labeled him a criminal because he advocated democratic change in china. he was already in prison when he won the nobel peace prize and twenty ten he was never released this empty chair at the awards ceremony in oslo symbolized china's refusal to free him. even his wife lucia was not allowed to travel and accept the award on his behalf beijing called her an accomplice to her husband and placed her under house arrest. but i never expected him to win the nobel peace prize and i can't leave the house it's absolutely absurd. even kafka couldn't have written this with any more. fourth month. for eight years she lived under constant observation she shaved her head in protest and suffered from deep depression. only at the very end of her husband's life was she allowed to visit him in hospital he was in the final stages of liver cancer she remained with him to the end then attended the state's hastily organized burial at sea from the very beginning germany pushe

hello and welcome i'm dutch ema the widow of the chinese debate peace prize winner new szabo has left china to start a new life in europe she's expected to arrive in bonn in this evening you have been kept under a near total hasa arrest with no formal charges since two thousand and ten when her husband was awarded the nobel peace prize the hospital schools for democracy had angered beijing. she's finally free lucia the widow of the nobel peace prize laureate lucia. for years she longed to leave china and live in exile but she was confined to this suburban compound for years under house arrest cut off from the world as if she were a criminal. but she never actually broke the law her only crime was being married to her husband the late civil rights activist china had labeled him a criminal because he advocated democratic change in china. he was already in prison when he won the nobel peace prize in two thousand and ten he was never released this empty chair at the awards ceremony in oslo symbolized china's refusal to free him. even his wife lucia was not allowed to travel and accept the

the widow of the chinese nobel peace prize laureate lu szabo has been freed and arrived in berlin on tuesday to shot have been kept under near total house arrest in china with no formal charges since two thousand and ten the german government have been pushing for her release since her husband died and chinese custody a year ago. and according to pakistani police a suicide bombing at an election rally in the country's northwest has killed a secular politician and at least twelve others fifty people were also injured of the attack at the awami national party event in war now this comes ahead of national polls scheduled for later this month the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility. against all odds all twelve boys and their soccer coach have been freed from a flooded cave in thailand ambulances took the last of the boys and their coach to a local hospital where officials say they are in good condition the boys between eleven and sixteen years old spent more than two weeks deep inside the cave after water sealed off their exit route one rescue diver died last week but now the un

lewsey i was confined to a home a few days after her husband lu szabo became the first chinese we sippin of the nobel peace prize in two thousand and ten louche elbow called for political reforms and the end of one party rule in china views that earned him an eleven year prison sentence. he died of liver cancer in july twenty seventeen. but i never expected him to win the nobel peace prize and i can't leave the house it's absolutely absurd that even kafka couldn't have written this with any more certainty for. that. lewsey is reportedly also ill and suffering from depression her release comes amidst government consultations between china and germany china says louisiana's release is not a political tactic and shipping even though she's going to germany for medical treatment in accordance with her own wishes. there is no connection with the governmental talks going on right now in berlin means. many observers think it's hardly accidental that louisiana was allowed to leave china just as german chancellor angela merkel welcome chinese premier he can chunk to berlin with the u.s. threatenin

the wife of the chinese dissident a nobel peace prize winner leo szabo who died last year has arrived in germany after being freed from eighty years of house arrest though she flew from beijing to balin via the finnish capital helsinki she'll receive medical treatment while in germany her husband died while serving an eleven year jail sentence for us inciting subversion. al-jazeera. where every year. when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to leave it would just be on when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and given away in refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you the winning documentaries and live news and out to zero i got to commend you on hearing is good journalism on on and . laura. thank. judging the u.s. supreme court democrats are along the donald trump's choice of justice to join the highest court in america they say brett kavanaugh is a public loyalist he's too conservative. so can he win an expected face confirmation battle in the senate this is inside story. of the welcome to the program. the l

days a number of copycat artists emerging it is a reminder that what she did is something that lou szabo would have supported wholeheartedly the democratic republic of congo's opposition party has endorsed the former vice president here. their presidential candidate despite the fact that he may not even be eligible to run the two i reports. supporters of john pierre bemba have little doubt who they want as their presidential candidate his martyred then there is in belgium after his trial at the international criminal court in the netherlands for crimes against humanity who was found guilty in two thousand and sixteen for failing to prevent rebels from his congolese liberation movement from raping and killing in neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two and three appeal court judges recently of a time his i.c.c. conviction and eighteen year prison sentence. there are no congress in kinshasa members of this former rebel group now a political party say the hague trial was politically motivated. and they are confident that we're back to take his place in politics then you

days a number of copycat artists emerging it is a reminder that what she did is something that lou szabo would have supported wholeheartedly. plenty more on our website of course our column is the address all the news we're covering right at al-jazeera dot com. so in our mind are the top stories head on al-jazeera and u.s. president donald trump has just touched down in scotland that's the scene on a beautiful song that evening at prestwick absolutely glasgow part of his four day working trip to the united kingdom air force one just landing having flown up from england he had tea with the queen and now he's in scotland due to spend some time with his golf balls and already there are protesters gathering for a week in the protest that in the order. as i say he and first lady melania had tea with the queen and he trumpet backtracked from various comments he made to the british media which were reported in the sun newspaper he suggested that it was fake news it didn't criticize the prime minister have a lot of respect for the prime minister and unfortunately there was a story that was done

the wife of the chinese dissident a nobel peace prize winner leo szabo has arrived in germany after beingfreed from eighty years of house arrest her husband died while serving an eleven year jail sentence for inciting subversion those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after hossain huberty trial of a dictator but i think. it's an upgrade was known as the lion of un eye on his political party. thousands of chaldeans were victim to the cruelty of his regime. who knows i get news of on the set some time did it all still be in kenya. it was a love. please don't be seen. police on the web we get special b.c. here the place is also. a shame that many in the country must cheer. indymedia . can come recent. months or nearby. city motif. is seen if you. michelle are pretty dumb said bit use a little give it david kilcullen metric sheba she was as she needed done read impaired some. poor soul did always jump up on it it was you. don't push lovin we jump in a case you. or me. if your paramedic. who did turn you can fight in one eye soup in preventing one j. prophesies young wou

the widow of a nobel peace prize laureates of the year were szabo has been allowed to leave china she has arrived here in the borough land and robin mellaril from our culture desk is here to talk to us about this remarkable woman. she is to hear officially the official reason is she's here to receive medical care but there is more to it than meets the eye yeah and i don't think she will be going back that's the official reason from china i mean she's been under house arrest for eight years suffered the last of a loss of a husband last year and her friend the chinese all three. lives here and then revealed a few months ago that she was suffering from clinical depression also her brother wrote on social media earlier today when she was most will be in the air actually me that she was off to germany to begin a new life i quote from him so i think it's there's no return to china and anyway she is a narcissist in her own right so let's have a look at some of her work shown here in berlin just three years ago and the work of her husband as well. photos are oppressive and surreal. silence sc

days a number of copycat artists emerging it is a reminder that what she did is something that lou szabo would have supported wholeheartedly. one of the most interest cases of racial violence in u.s. history has been reopened by federal investigators the lynching in a black teenager emmett till more than six decades ago shocked the nation and helped spur a growing civil rights movement for brennan says this report. emmett till was fourteen years old when he was kidnapped tortured and killed by a group of white men in rural mississippi the crime and widely seen photos of till's battered body added fuel to demands for civil rights and an end to widespread violence toward black americans says filmmaker keith beauchamp it was emmett till's not it that sparked the american civil rights movement because it immaterial step that rosa parks decided not to get up for mercy on that bus of the government alabama now the federal government has quietly reopened the case citing new evidence in august one nine hundred fifty five a white woman claimed till had whistled at her and made sexual advances in