Prague court rehabilitates six dissidents detained under communist regime

The Prague 1 District Court has rehabilitated six dissidents who were unlawfully detained for short periods in the 1980s. Those rehabilitated are Civic Dmocratic Party Senator and Deputy Senate Speaker Jiří Oberfalzer, former environment minister Ivan Dejmal, former diplomat Markéta Fialková, neurologist and former head of the Society for Medical Ethics Jan Payne, antiquarian and gallery owner Jan Placák, and political activist and co-founder of the Šalamoun association John Bok.

The six were detained by police on suspicion of offences including incitement and disorderly conduct, but the court concluded that their detention was within the existing unlawful harassment of people who did not identify with the regime of the time.