US calls for full parole of 61-year-old Nobel peace prize winner, who is said to be close to death in hospital in north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang

American and German doctors are set to visit Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese democracy activist who has liver cancer, sources familiar with Liu’s case have said.

Three sources said at least two doctors are due to visit the 61-year-old Nobel peace prize winner in the north-eastern city of Shenyang following an invitation from the hospital treating Liu, who is under medical parole from prison. He is believed to be close to death.

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