The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights will award this year’s Rafto Prize to Cuban artivist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, for his fearless opposition to repression in Cuba. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is the general coordinator of the San Isidro Movement – a constellation of artists, journalists, and academics promoting freedom of expression. Otero Alcántara has been imprisoned since July 11, 2021, as part of a crackdown on peaceful demonstrations demanding an end to dictatorship in Cuba. He is currently serving a five-year sentence in Guanajay maximum security prison outside Havana. The Rafto Foundation calls upon the Cuban authorities to stop the persecution of artivists and human rights defenders, urging them to free Otero Alcántara and all political prisoners in Cuba. The Prize will be presented in his absentia on November 9.

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