Country: China
Received Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for human rights in china.
Field: Human rights; he has wrote over 800 essays on human rights in china
Issuse: Fundemental human rights in China. It is a local issue because it only relates to China not the rest of the world.
What he has done: He has spoken out and most importantly he has writen over 800 essays.
Media Channels: He posted on the internet whenever he was alowed on it( but in China that is hardly ever and they restrict certain websites at there digression. Most importantly his essays.
Some more info: He was born in Chaung, China. He is still alive to at 55 years old. He is currently in prison for speaking out. He still works to fight for human rights in China even from the prison.
Sources:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/xiaobo.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121001670.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/opinion/09sat3.html
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3029/prmID/172
i did that dude too!!!!! :]
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