Inside Story - How scared is Chinese government of political dissent?
Liu Xiaobo was banned from making speeches, barred from publishing his writings, locked up and left to die in state custody.
China's most prominent dissident and only Nobel peace prize winner has been cremated in a private ceremony and his ashes scattered at sea.
He died on Thursday suffering from liver cancer. He was serving an 11-year prison sentence because of his calls for peaceful democratic reforms.
Tributes have poured in world-wide, but there is little mention of him in his own country.
And there are concerns for his wife. Liu Xia was allowed to attend her husband's funeral. But she is unwell after being under house arrest since he became a Nobel laureate seven years ago.
Liu was the first to die in state custody since 1938.
What does his loss mean for China's democracy movement?
Presenter: Richelle Carey
Guests:
Einar Tangen - international politics and economics commentator
Andreas Fulda - assistant professor at the University of Nottingham
William Nee - researcher at Amnesty International
Berit Reiss Andersen - head of the Norwegian Nobel committee
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