Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara cleared to travel to US
- 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.
- He was detained in July 2021 as he was leaving his home in Havana to join unprecedented mass protests across the communist island.
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- 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.
- He was detained in July 2021 as he was leaving his home in Havana to join unprecedented mass protests across the communist island.
Sources: Guardian