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Current AffairsStories of Injustice film project tries to shed light on grey “normalization” period
The 2006 film “Swingtime” inspired by a communist-era secret police
operation as well as four documentaries will be screened in November at
primary and secondary schools around the country as part of a month-long
project called Stories of Injustice. Now in its seventh year the project
organized by the NGO People in Need covers a period often neglected in the
curriculum. Through film and subsequent discussions with survivors,
witnesses and victims of communist injustice, students are learning about
post-war Czechoslovak history – this year with a special focus on the
period of normalization and the subjects of emigration and exile. Radio
Prague talked to the project’s spokesman Filip Šebek. More
Current AffairsPeople in Need finds six thousand starving refugees in Ethiopia
The Czech charity organisation People in Need working in south-eastern
Ethiopia has found a group of roughly six thousand people suffering from
hunger and malnourishment. Known for working in remote areas, the
organisation was near the Somali border looking into the state of a group
of local herdsmen whose cattle had died out and found that they had been
joined by several thousand drought refugees from neighbouring Somalia.
Local communities have been trying to care for the refugees so far, but
their material support - water, food and firewood – is quickly running
out, children are dying on a weekly basis, and the group has not yet even
received refugee status by the Ethiopian government. Earlier today I spoke
by phone with People in Need’s coordinator Marek Štys, who is currently
in the Somali region of Ethiopia and described the situation. More
One on OnePavel Přikryl – Following up on People in Need’s Afghan mission one year on
One year ago this month we brought you a special series on the work of
Czechs in Afghanistan, primarily the efforts of the charity organisation
People in Need, which works in some of the most remote corners of the
country. Our guide in many of those places was Pavel Přikryl, a business
consultant and specialist in international relations, who left for
Afghanistan 13 months ago to run PIN’s food facility projects. The base
for those activities is the northern centre of Mazar-i-Sharif, the scene
of
a brutal mob attack last week that left seven UN workers dead, and that
was
all the more shocking because of the decade of relative peace that the
city
has enjoyed. I met with Pavel Přikryl upon his return to the Czech
Republic to follow up on the last year, and began by asking him if there
had been signs of growing tensions in Mazar-i-Sharif before the attacks. More
Czech LifeHuman rights documentaries a hit with Czech teenagers: Roughly half of the country’s schools participate in the One World project
Every year, the colorful One World film festival – which just took place
in Prague – turns the spotlight on human rights, screening scores of
often fascinating documentaries from all corners of the globe. It also
directly addresses young people, lending eye-opening DVDs to around half
the schools in the Czech Republic, and holding special screenings for
pupils. More
Current AffairsCzech NGO People in Need on situation in Haiti one year on
January 12 marks the first anniversary since a devastating earthquake
struck Haiti, killing 230,000 people and injuring 300,000 others. A year
on, major difficulties remain: 800,000 people continue to live in temporary
camps and the country has suffered additional misery: political instability
along with flooding and disease. More
Current AffairsCzech Republic welcomes release of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi
The Czech Republic joined the world at the weekend in welcoming the release
of Burmese dissident leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu
Kyi, who has spent 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest. In that
time, Prague has pressed hard for her release and done much at both state
and non-governmental level to promote democracy in the country. More
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 answer call to help flood stricken Pakistan
Although the Czech Republic has been hit by it own floods, the country
responded fast to the much greater inundation in Pakistan. We look at the
Czech aid effort so far.
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