Protestors hold placards during a protest urging for Liu Xiaobo's release outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong December 25, 2009. Liu, China's most prominent dissident, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of "incitement to subvert state power", his lawyer said. Liu was a main author of the Charter 08 manifesto which called for sweeping political reforms. He has been in custody since a few days before Charter 08 was launched online on Dec. 10, 2008, to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA- Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
REUTERS/TYRONE SIU