the organizers are going to erect steel fences around the building to prevent an expected crowd of chinese people opposed to liu being awarded the nobel peace prize. liu is serving an 11-year prison sentence in china for calling for the subversion of state power. this is the first time in 75 years that neither the prize winner nor relatives will attend the award ceremony. in the history of nobel peace prize the anti-militarism journalist and winner of the peace prize, carl von ossietzky was unable to attend in 1935 because he was in jail for criticizing the nazi party. the united states has called on china to release this year s nobel peace prize laureate ahead of the award ceremony on friday. the house of representatives adopted a resolution by a vote of 402-1 on wednesday. the resolution congratulated liu for winning the peace prize and acknowledged his promotion of democratic reform in china. the resolution also urges china to free liu s wife and his supporters from hous