Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award

Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award

OSLO, Norway — A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Thursday to jailed Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara for his "fearless opposition to authoritarianism through art." Four past laureates of the Rafto prize — Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta, South Korea's Kim Dae-jung and Iran's Shirin Ebadi — later went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Peace Prize will be announced o…

Imprisoned Cuban dissident artist awarded Norwegian human rights award | Babalú Blog

Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a Cuban artist and prisoner of conscience, has been awarded Norway's Rafto Prize for his work as a human rights champion. The award by the Rafto Foundation began in 1987 and is named for Norwegian historian and human rights activist Thorolf Rafto. Via Barrons: Norway's Rafto Prize, honouring human rights champions,

A Norwegian human rights foundation awarded its annual prize to imprisoned Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara on Thursday (18) for his "fearless resistance to authoritarianism through art." Four previous winners of the Rafto Prize - Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor, Kim Dae-jung of South Korea and Shirin Ebadi of Iran - [...] The post Cuba: Dissident leader receives Norwegian human rights prize first ap…