For imprisoned Nobel laureates, the prize did not bring freedom


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FILE - Nobel Commitee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland sits next to an empty chair with the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during a ceremony honoring Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo at city hall in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2010. The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December. Such appeals have had little effect in the past. Liu Xiaobo was serving an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion by advocating sweeping political reforms...