Should the Nobel Committee choose to recognize Liu’s courage and sacrifice in articulating these ideals, it would not only draw global attention to the injustice of Liu’s 11-year sentence. It would also help to amplify within China the universal and humanistic values for which Liu has spent so much of his life fighting.
我们认为刘晓波和他的同事在 2008 年 12 月写下的理念是普世和永恒的价值。这些理念 —— 对人权和人类尊严的尊重，公民要求自己政府保证自身的权利 —— 代表着人类最高的精神。