Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Liu Xiaobo

Born: December 28, 1955
Died: July 13, 2017 (aged 61)
Bio: Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule. He was incarcerated as a political prisoner in Jinzhou, Liaoning.






