Historian, dissident and writer Jaroslav Šedivý dies at 93

Historian, dissident and writer Jaroslav Šedivý who served as Czechia’s second foreign minister has died at the age of 93. Mr. Šedivý was one of the intellectuals who was relegated to manual labour by the communist regime after signing Charter 77 and was only able to return to his work after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. He served a foreign minister in the government of Vaclav Klaus.