Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Empty Chair
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, today. Or rather, he would have received it had he not been serving 11 years in a Chinese prison for speaking out about human rights.
A gallery of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Oslo includes the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The U.S. had pressured China on his rights.
President Barack Obama looks out a window at Slottet Royal Palace of Norway following his meeting with King Harald V and Queen Sonja in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
“Somewhere today, in the here and now, in the world as it is, a soldier sees he’s outgunned, but stands firm to keep the peace. Somewhere today, in this world, a young protestor awaits the brutality of her government, but has the courage to march on. Somewhere today, a mother facing punishing poverty still takes the time to teach her child, scrapes together what few coins she has to send that child to school — because she believes that a cruel world still has a place for that child’s dreams. Let us live by their example.”
Camera displays and cell phone screens glow as Barack and Michelle Obama greet the crowd from the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, where President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today.
Pres. Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech
