Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:53:32 +0200Government agrees compensation for political prisoners, including those from "normalisation" erahttps://english.radio.cz/government-agrees-compensation-political-prisoners-including-those-normalisation-8093188© 2026 Radio Prague International During the Communist era there were over two and a half million political prisoners in Czechoslovakia. They were sent to both prisons and labour camps, often - especially in the 1950s - in the most appalling conditions. Fifteen years after the fall of Communism, the Czech government has finally decided to pay compensation to former political prisoners. Furthermore, it has reversed a previous decision and now wants to also compensate those who were imprisoned in the post-1968 period known as "normalization". encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vezeni.jpg?timestamp=1661333074 Government agrees compensation for political prisoners, including those from "normalisation" era https://english.radio.cz/government-agrees-compensation-political-prisoners-including-those-normalisation-8093188 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9