Beijing, China (CNN) -- Liu Xia, the wife of Nobel Peace laureate and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, remains under house arrest in Beijing and banned from talking to friends or media, his lawyer said.
Shang Baojun also said he would try to push for Liu Xiaobo's early release, but doubted it would happen.
"The precondition for sentence reduction or parole is an acknowledgement of your crime," he said. "If Xiaobo would do that, he wouldn't have won the peace prize."
Liu Xia was taken to see her husband Saturday in a prison about 500 kilometers (311 miles) northeast of Beijing and told him of the honor.
On hearing the news, the wife later posted on Twitter.com, Liu Xiaobo began to cry and said, "This is for the martyrs of Tiananmen Square".
Despite allowing the brief meeting, Chinese authorities have cut off Liu Xia's communications with the outside world since Friday night, prompting protests from human rights organizations.
"It's absolutely outrageous," said Beth Schwanke, legislative counsel for the U.S.-based group Freedom Now.
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