Lottie Cunningham Wren
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BornSeptember 29, 1959
Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua[1]
OccupationIndigenous rights lawyer
Organization(s)Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
AwardsRight Livelihood Award (2020)
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_(cropped).jpg) Lottie Cunningham Wren in 2021 | |
| Born | September 29, 1959 Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua[1] |
| Occupation | Indigenous rights lawyer |
| Organization(s) | Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua |
| Awards | Right Livelihood Award (2020) |
| Website | cejudhcan |
Lottie Cunningham Wren (born 1959) is a Miskito Nicaraguan lawyer, environmentalist, and Indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua.[1]
Cunningham was born on September 29, 1959, in the village of Bilwaskarma, located on the Rio Coco, Nicaragua.[1]
Cunningham founded the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.[2] In 2019 she received the Paul K. Feyerabend Award,[3] and in 2020 she received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," for her work defending the rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples to their land.[4]
