On the eve of Russia’s Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression, people around the world commemorate the names and stories of those who lost their lives to Soviet terror. Among the millions of victims of Soviet state terror were thousands of Czechs and Czechoslovak citizens. By reading their names together, we honour their memory.
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Prague Civil Society Centre to support exiled Russian and Belarusian journalists
The Prague Civil Society Centre will continue supporting established independent Russian and Belarusian media working in exile in the EU which maintain significant audiences back home through the Free Media Hub EAST. The European Commission’s project led by the Prague...
Političtí vězni nejsou minulostí, připomíná výstava
Svoboda a demokracie nejsou samozřejmostí. Metody represe a útlaku, které používal Sovětský svaz a jeho komunistické satelity, se dnes opakují v politice současného Ruska a dalších nedemokratických režimů.
#SilencedVoices: Campaign with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, as in the Soviet era, thousands of innocent people suffer for their views and beliefs. Political prisoners are not a thing of the past. The methods of repression and oppression used by the Soviet Union and its communist satellites throughout its existence are...
Eurasianet: “We have common traumas, but no common memory”
Russia’s devastating war against Ukraine is reviving old traumas of subjugation among Moscow’s historical neighbors, galvanising new debates on decolonisation, national identity and local traditions not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Free Media Hub EAST launched
Free Media Hub EAST will provide financial and non-financial support to existing and established Russian and Belarusian media working in exile in the EU and that maintain significant audiences back home. The €3m project is set to re-grant over 70% of the amount (€2.2m) over two years to support existing independent media in exile. In addition, it will provide some 1,000 slots to help with visas and registration, provide psychological support or further capacity building. The project will also invest in technological solutions such as censorship circumvention.
Euronews: You can’t appease Russia. The EU must not lose its values
Europe needs a two-track strategy on Russia: offer a helping hand to the growing numbers of discontented Russians and be ready to confront the Kremlin with resolve and systematically punishing its aggressions, argues Rostislav Valvoda.
Prague Civil Society Centre named “undesirable” by Russian government
The Prague Civil Society Centre has been added to the Russian government’s list of “undesirable organisations” under a law that human rights watchdogs have called abusive and a tool to silence activists. The law targets Russian citizens who fight against corruption, promote the rule of law, protect the environment and support the most vulnerable in society, and aims to muzzle independent journalists, bloggers and others who hold the powerful to account.