Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. Liu Xiaobo however will not be able to collect the prize as he is serving an 11-year prison sentence for subverting state power. China has been pressing for a global boycott of today's ceremony in Oslo, Norway. So far, at least 18 countries have turned down invitations. About 45 countries have agreed to attend the ceremony. Top UN human rights official, Navi Pillay, and prominent human rights groups have called for Liu's release. China has said it will not acquiesce to international pressure to free him. Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in Oslo, that awarding the peace prize to Liu is not a protest against China.