Witness Petra Prochazkova on the boy who didn't want to be saved
Petra Prochazkova is the most celebrated Czech war reporter. She has won numerous awards for her coverage of the wars in the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, but above all she is known for her work in Chechnya, where she reported on both wars in the 1990s before being expelled by the Russian authorities. But Petra has not just stood aside as a passive observer. When she witnessed the suffering of Chechen war-widows and orphaned children, she set out to help them. She established an orphans' home in Grozny and has been instrumental in setting up an organization to raise money to help the victims of the conflict. In the following account she looks back to her time in the Chechen capital.
Petra Prochazkova
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