China Rejects Foreign Criticism Over Liu Xiaobo Death

China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for liver cancer.

It said the case is an internal affair and that other countries were "in no position to make improper remarks". 

The activist, who had been serving an 11-year prison term for "subversion", died in a hospital in China at 61. 

The Nobel Committee, which gave him the Peace Prize in 2010, said China bore a "heavy responsibility" for his death. 

Beijing is now being urged to free his wife, poet Liu Xia, from house arrest.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS