Norway Denies Asylum to Young Mexican Who Interrupted Nobel Ceremony Agencia EFE
go to original December 12, 2014

Norwegian authorities have denied the request for political asylum by the young Mexican who interrupted the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony held in the Oslo Town Hall, Norwegian television channels reported.

"They say I cannot prove my life is in danger if I return to Mexico. They think I exaggerate, I hope they are right," Adan Cortes Salas, 21, told TV2 in comments broadcast late Thursday.

Salas went up on the stage on Wednesday with a Mexican flag stained with fake blood when Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India had just been presented with their joint award.

The young man, who showed the channel the resolution of his case from the Directorate of Immigration, was transferred Thursday to the detention centre for foreigners in Trandum, Oslo, after spending nearly a day under police guard.

The case was settled in criminal courts with a fine of $2,098 for breach of the peace and illegal entry into the Town Hall.

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A brave young man holding a Mexico flag jumped on stage to stand by Nobel peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and ask for help as she received the award in Oslo, Norway this week. (Euronews)

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