I Have No Enemies
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"I have no enemies: My final Statement" (Chinese
: 我沒有敵人──我的最後陳述) was an essay written by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo
intended to be read at his trial in December 2009.
Liu was charged with the crime of "inciting subversion of state power
". He came before the court in Beijing, China on 23 December 2009, and was sentenced to an 11-year imprisonment on 25 December.
Although Liu was never allowed to be heard during his trial, the essay was later published and was well received. It became the laureate's speech delivered by Liv Ullmann
at the award ceremony for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
ceremony on 10 December 2010.
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
: 我沒有敵人──我的最後陳述) was an essay written by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China...
intended to be read at his trial in December 2009.
Liu was charged with the crime of "inciting subversion of state power
Inciting subversion of state power
Inciting subversion of state power is a crime under the law of the People's Republic of China. It is article 105, paragraph 2 of the 1997 revision of the People's Republic of China's Penal Code....
". He came before the court in Beijing, China on 23 December 2009, and was sentenced to an 11-year imprisonment on 25 December.
Although Liu was never allowed to be heard during his trial, the essay was later published and was well received. It became the laureate's speech delivered by Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian actress and film director, as well as one of the "muses" of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman...
at the award ceremony for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"...
ceremony on 10 December 2010.