Rally demands release of entomologist from Indian jail

Around 70 people gathered near the Indian embassy in Prague on Thursday to demand the release of Emil Kučera, a Czech entomologist jailed in India for gathering rare insects. Mr Kučera, together with another scientist, Petr Švácha, was arrested in June in the north-east of India on for breaking an environment protection act; while Mr Švácha was later released, Mr Kučera was sentenced to three years in jail. Another protest took place outside the Indian embassy in the Austrian capital of Vienna.