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Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

PRAGUE (AP) -- Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80. His

Czech journalist and human rights defender Petr Uhl dies

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Petr Uhl, a prominent Czech journalist and human rights activist jailed by former communist rulers, died on Wednesday, news agency CTK reported. He was 80.

Czech journalist and human rights defender Petr Uhl dies

Petr Uhl, a prominent Czech journalist and human rights activist jailed by former communist rulers, died on Wednesday, news agency CTK reported. He was 80.

Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80

Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80

Czech Republic considers compensating Roma victims of forced sterilization

Czech Republic considers compensating Roma victims of forced sterilization dw.com 3/16/2021 Luboš Palata Hundreds of Roma women who were involuntarily sterilized in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 80s could finally receive compensation. © AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of Roma women are hoping they will finally win their fight for compensation Hundreds, potentially even thousands of Roma women were involuntarily sterilized in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the 1970s and 1980s. Even after the fall of communism in 1989 and the country's split into two independent states in 1993, forced sterilizations of Roma women continued in the successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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COVID-19 Special: Pandemic worsens Roma plight in Europe Hundreds of beneficiaries The draft law stipulates that women who were sterilized against their will must prove their claim, which will be assessed by a Health Ministry commission. "The procedure was necessary to make the draft enforceable," Valkova argued. The Czech Commissioner for Human Rights underlined that an estimated four hundred women are entitled, not thousands. "So contrary to previous contentions, the compensation will not cost billions of Czech Koruna," she said. The amount of compensation was decided on the basis of a 2011 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on a case brought by Slovak Roma women against Slovakia for their forced sterilizations, when they received a similar sum, said Valkova.