Stitched Portraits: Liu Xiaobo

(b. Dec. 28, 1955) Currently imprisoned in China, Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his non-violent attempts to change the single party communist rule. He co-wrote and signed Charter 08 which called for more freedom of expression, human rights, more democratic elections, for privatizing state enterprises and land, and for economic liberalism.

Liu Xiaobo (joyful smile, and hope):