Anti-communist protesters decorate Czech statue

Anti-communist protesters have decorated a Prague statue of the 14th century Hussite general Jan Žižka with a banner which read “I don’t want more totalitarianism on my conscience” The banner was unfurled by members of the civic group Dekomunizace, which seeks to use visual publicity stunts of this kind to increase public awareness of what it sees as the continuing threat posed by communism in the country. Among its members are former president Václav Havel, director Jan Svěrák and the sculptor David Černý.