World | Liu Xia Wife Meets With Jailed Chinese Nobel Winner Liu Xia under house arrest, but allowed to visit Liu Xiaobo By Evann Gastaldo Posted Oct 10, 2010 2:00 PM CDT Copied Journalists try to get into the apartment house where Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo stays in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was allowed to visit him in prison Sunday and talk to him about the honor. Liu Xia, who disappeared yesterday after Friday’s prize announcement, tweeted that her husband learned of the prize yesterday and that he told her during their meeting he was dedicating it to victims of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tianenmen Square in 1989. Xia also said she was placed under house arrest Friday and could no longer make or receive cell phone calls, the AP reports. The entrance to her apartment is being guarded and reporters ordered out, as legal rights organization Freedom Now works for her release. Meanwhile, authorities continue to increase pressure on Liu’s supporters and other activists, as other detainments and harassments are reported. For background on Liu's imprisonment and reactions to his Nobel Prize, click here. Read These Next Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. Fan who taunted Ketel Marte's mom has been banned by MLB. NJ lifeguard survives after being impaled by an umbrella. Report an error