Worldwide memorials held including in Hong Kong to remember Liu Xiaobo
About 500 people attend event at Tamar Park near government headquarters; mainland Chinese friends face detention over attempts to mourn dissident
Friends and supporters of the late dissident Liu Xiaobo gathered worldwide on Wednesday to mark the traditional Chinese observance of the seventh day since his death, amid a censorship crackdown in mainland China and growing concern over the fate of Liu’s widow.
Liu Xia was last seen in official pictures attending her husband’s sea burial last Saturday.
Her whereabouts were unknown on Wednesday. There were reports that she had been sent by mainland authorities to the southwestern province of Yunnan.
The global memorials were part of an online campaign initiated by a “Freedom for Liu Xiaobo Action Group” formed by Liu’s supporters, who called on fellow supporters across the world to hold memorials on the seventh day of Liu’s death as a gesture to say “no” to “the Beijing dictatorship”.
