Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award

FILE PHOTO: A person holds a sign in support of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara on a street as the ninth Summit of the Americas takes place, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - 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.