Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Late in the evening of 8 December 2008 , two days before the official release of the Charter , Liu Xiaobo was taken away from his home by police .
Simplified: Liu Xiaobo was taken away from his home by police late in the evening of 8 December 2008 . This was two days before the official release of the Charter .