Current Affairs "Modern-day Dreyfus" finally freed after decade-long ordeal
His supporters have compared it to the famous Dreyfus case of 100 years ago. On Tuesday, after almost 13 years of legal proceedings and 31 months spent in custody, a Prague court of appeal finally cleared Kurdish doctor and businessman Yekta Uzunoglu of all the charges against him. At one time those charges had included torture, conspiracy to murder and fraud. In March 2007, Dr Uzunoglu was convicted, despite compelling evidence that the accusations against him were fabricated and the chief witness retracting his testimony. On Tuesday that verdict was quashed. Professor Frantisek Janouch, director of the Charter 77 Foundation, spearheaded the decade-long campaign to clear Dr Uzunoglu's name. Earlier Rob Cameron spoke to him by telephone from his home in Sweden, and asked him for his reaction to the news.
Professor Frantisek Janouch
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