Wife of China Nobel winner pleads for eased house arrest

The wife of China's jailed dissident Nobel peace laureate is pleading for authorities to ease the conditions of her house arrest, fellow activists said on Tuesday, adding her mental state was "very bad".

Liu Xia's husband Liu Xiaobo was jailed in 2009 for 11 years and won the international prize the next year, and she has been under strict surveillance at their flat in Beijing but has not been charged with any offence.