Czech goes on hunger strike in protest of US radar base

An activist of the Czech civic group No to Bases has gone on a hunger strike in protest against US plans to install a missile defense radar on Czech territory. Jan Tamáš said he was taking radical action because the Czech government was completely ignoring growing public opposition to the radar. He expects others to join his hunger strike and draw more attention to the problem. His hunger strike will be documented on the No to Bases website.

The Czech and US governments are winding up negotiations on the radar and the resulting bilateral agreements are expected to be signed in June of this year. However the missile defense project would still need to be approved by Parliament.