Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:56:34 +0200Human rights commissioner faces allegations of supporting the bullying of dissidents during communist erahttps://english.radio.cz/human-rights-commissioner-faces-allegations-supporting-bullying-dissidents-8110995© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Czech government’s Commissioner for Human Rights Helena Válková (ANO) is under pressure after the news site Info.cz accused her of defending laws used against dissidents during the normalisation era, providing an article on “protective surveillance” that she penned with a famous show trial procurator in 1979 as evidence. Mrs Válková told Czech Radio that the accusation was a “horrendous lie”. However, the opposition has called for her resignation and even the prime minister says that the allegations need to be explained.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/valkova_helena2.jpg?timestamp=1771416049 Human rights commissioner faces allegations of supporting the bullying of dissidents during communist era https://english.radio.cz/human-rights-commissioner-faces-allegations-supporting-bullying-dissidents-8110995 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9