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China lashed out July 14 at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave the country and faced pressure to set the democracy champion's widow free.

China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died on July 13 while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.

China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liu Xiaobo, is in life-threatening condition with multiple organ failure and his family has opted against inserting a breathing tube needed to keep him alive, the hospital treating him said on July 12.

U.S. and German medical experts who examined Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said on July 9 it was safe to transport him abroad for cancer treatment, contradicting the assertions of Chinese doctors.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo's liver cancer can not be treated with surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, Liu's wife said, as questions increased among his supporters over his treatment by the Chinese authorities.

Twelve Nobel Peace Prize winners have called on British Prime Minister David Cameron to call publicly for the release of their fellow laureate, Liu Xiaobo, and his wife Liu Xia during  Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to London this week.