Appeals court awards higher compensation to former dissident Jiří Wonka

The Prague appeals court has awarded former dissident Jiří Wonka over CZK 41,000 in compensation for injuries inflicted by the Communist police officers in the 1980s. The decision comes 35 years after the fall of the Communist regime and is final, and Wonka will not be required to pay legal fees. Originally, the state granted Wonka around CZK 4,100, an amount the Constitutional Court deemed unreasonably low this summer. Wonka had sought CZK 93,000 in total and filed suit against the Ministry of Justice. A representative from the ministry was absent at the hearing, and the ministry’s response is pending.