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Nobel laureate's wife detained
The wife of Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, has said she is being held under house arrest at her home in Beijing.
"Brothers, I have returned home. On the eighth [October] they placed me under house arrest. I don't know when I will be able to see anyone," a message posted on Liu Xia's Twitter account on Sunday said.
She said she was placed under house arrest when she returned from visiting her husband in a prison in northeastern China, where she told him he had won the prestigious award.
"My mobile phone is broken and I cannot call or receive calls. I saw Xiaobo and told him on the ninth at the prison that he won the prize. I will let you know more later. Everyone, please help me tweet. Thanks," she said in her message.
Liu Xia's treatment since her husband won the prize has drawn the ire of international human rights organizations.