Skip to content

Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara cleared to travel to US

World

Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in July

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has been given permission to travel to the US, according to his official Facebook page.

Otero Alcántara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order.

Continue reading…


Source: The Guardian World — This article was automatically imported from the source. Read full article at original source →

TH
Originally published by The Guardian World theguardian.com
Visit original article

admin

Leave a Comment