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This month the Canadian Ambassador to Prague Michael Calcott hosted a panel
discussion at the Canadian residence recalling cooperation between Czech
dissidents and Canadian officials in the years leading up to the fall of
communism. During the mid-1980s, the end of the period known as the
Normalisation, key officials at the embassy went out on a limb, risking
careers to help dissidents and their cause, even going so far as to
smuggle
dissident writing, even going so far as to smuggle
dissident writing (Samizdat) out of the country. Documents
included everything from personal correspondence to political and
philosophical tracts to novels and plays, authored by members of the
dissident movement that included Vaclav Havel. More
Current AffairsCooperation between Canadian officials and Czech dissidents from days of Normalisation recalled
On Tuesday the Canadian Ambassador to Prague hosted a panel discussion at
the Canadian residence recalling cooperation between Czech dissidents and
Canadian officials in the years prior to the fall of communism. The event
was most unusual as it brought together many of the former players: figures
like Jan Urban and Jirina Siklova and former embassy officials.
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Current AffairsLeading Belarusian dissident Aljaksandr Milinkevic speaks in Prague
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human rights in Belarus. The visit highlights the activism of Czech
non-governmental organizations in promoting human rights in Europe's last
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