Oslo, Sept 19, 2024 (AFP) - Norway rights prize awarded to jailed Cuban 'artivist' Otero Alcantara

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2024-09-19
Norway's Rafto Prize, honouring human rights champions, was on Thursday awarded to imprisoned Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, "for his fearless opposition to authoritarianism through art." The Rafto Foundation said that "Otero Alcantara spearheads a new generation of independent Cuban voices using creative forms of resistance to challenge the authoritarian regime." "Like many artists before him, his art and his civic position push the......
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