2010 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo. The prize was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on 8 October 2010.

The citation

The citation reads: "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".

The laureate

Liu Xiaobo was born in 1955 in Changchun, China.

Why it matters

The Chinese writer and activist is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his part in Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political reform. China has condemned the award.

The prize

The prize is worth 10 million Swedish kronor. It will be presented in Oslo on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite whose will founded the prizes in 1895.