Salvadoran Vasquez awarded 2018 Per Anger prize in Stockholm Salvadoran Teodora Vasquez receives the 2018 per Anger prize at a ceremony in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Vasquez, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder after giving birth to a stillborn child received the 2018 Per Anger Award for supporting human rights and democracy. Vasquez was released in February 2018 after her sentence was commuted, she now campaigns for the release of women jailed under the legislation that saw her spend nearly 10 years in prison. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES