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The Czech Republic’s oldest prisoner, Ludmila Brožová-Polednová,
received a full pardon from President Václav Klaus on Tuesday and was
promptly released from prison, bringing a definitive end to one of the most
controversial justice cases in the post-revolution Czech Republic. The
89-year-old communist era prosecutor ultimately served one year and seven
months of a six-year sentence for her part in the 1950 state execution of
democratic politician Milada Horáková, and remained defiant even as she
left the prison gates. More
Current AffairsCzech MEP throws damper on appeal for EU ban on denial of communist crimes
Six post-communist EU members, including the Czech Republic have urged
Brussels to push for an EU ban on denial of communist crimes. In a joint
appeal sent to the EU’s justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, they argue
that the principle of justice should assure the same approach to all
totalitarian regimes. Holocaust denial is already banned in many EU states
and the six nations petitioning the EU justice commissioner would like to
see similar treatment applied to the crimes of communism.
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Current AffairsDocumentaries, discussions bring to life recent history for Czech students
An unusual history project is running in Czech schools throughout November,
organised by the NGO People in Need. For the next few weeks, around 700
secondary schools across the country will be showing documentary films
about the nation’s communist past, as well as inviting former political
prisoners to come and talk to children about their experiences of being
persecuted by the state. More
Current AffairsCzechs, who suffered hard labour under Communists, honoured in Prague
Prague City Hall held a special ceremony on Thursday honouring Czechs
forced in the Stalinist 1950s to serve in army units that were in reality
nothing more than labour camps. An estimated 40 to 60 thousand men, singled
out as enemies of the regime, served in such units between the years 1950
and 1954, after which they were officially disbanded. But even 60 years
later the scars remain. More
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