3 jailed Saudi rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel'
Three jailed Saudi human rights activists have been awarded the Right Livelihood Award, widely referred to as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'. Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair jointly got a one million kronor cash award "for their efforts to reform the totalitarian political system in Saudi Arabia". Other winners included a farmer and an agricultural scientist.