![The Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland applauds next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10, The Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland applauds next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E5GC03/the-norwegian-nobel-committee-chairman-thorbjorn-jagland-applauds-next-to-the-empty-chair-where-nobel-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-should-sit-during-the-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-in-oslo-december-10-2010-chinas-rivals-welcomed-on-friday-the-awarding-of-the-nobel-peace-prize-to-jailed-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-while-some-of-beijings-allies-questioned-what-they-called-the-politicisation-of-the-annual-award-reuterstoby-melville-norway-tags-politics-2E5GC03.jpg)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland applauds next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10,
![Members of Nobel Peace Prize comittee sit next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10, 2010. Members of Nobel Peace Prize comittee sit next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10, 2010.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D0F461/members-of-nobel-peace-prize-comittee-sit-next-to-the-empty-chair-where-nobel-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-should-sit-during-the-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-in-oslo-december-10-2010-chinas-rivals-welcomed-on-friday-the-awarding-of-the-nobel-peace-prize-to-jailed-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-while-some-of-beijings-allies-questioned-what-they-called-the-politicisation-of-the-annual-award-reuterstoby-melville-norway-tags-politics-2D0F461.jpg)
Members of Nobel Peace Prize comittee sit next to the empty chair where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10, 2010.
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An empty chair without audio equipment where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo should sit is seen before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, December 10, 2010. China's rivals welcomed on
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