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Current AffairsCzech politicians promise to help curb human rights violations in Cuba
Eight Cuban dissidents are currently in Prague meeting various politicians
and human rights activists to discuss ways of promoting human rights in
Cuba, an issue that brings back plenty of painful memories here in the
Czech Republic.
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Current AffairsWho is to take credit for Velvet Revolution?
Monday was a holiday here in the Czech Republic, marking the fourteenth
anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that put an unexpected end to forty
years of Communist rule. Although the country's historians and politicians
are still arguing over who should be credited for the Communists'
downfall, the major role of the dissident movement has never really been
questioned. But in an article for last Saturday's daily Mlada Fronta Dnes,
Czech President Vaclav Klaus played down the role of the dissident elite,
saying it was ordinary people, leading their everyday lives who should
really be thanked for bringing down communism.
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Czechs in HistoryMilan Simecka - letters from prison, manuscripts abroad
Every once in a while, and it is not often, one comes across a text that
both ideally captures its author but also comes to define a period. A text
that speaks with such frankness but also with finesse you find yourself
recalling its passages at odd, unexpected moments of the day. In today's
Czechs in History: a book of personal letters - written to one's loved
ones - a book from prison. We look at the life and work of journalist,
philosopher, and dissident Milan Simecka.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic condemns crackdown on Cuban dissidents
The Czech Republic has joined widespread condemnation of the Cuban regime's
latest crackdown on dissidents - the worst since the 1960's. The Czech
government, Senate, leading intellectuals and members of the public have
all found ways to voice their opposition to the latest wave of human
rights abuse in Cuba.
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