Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:42:54 +0200https://english.radio.cz/activist-patriarchal-government-has-emasculated-human-rights-agenda-8542237© 2026 Radio Prague International The government’s human rights commissioner Monika Šimůnková resigned on Thursday, claiming the cabinet had marginalised the position to the point where it was becoming meaningless. Ms Šimůnková has had her critics, even among those whose rights she was appointed to defend. But many have placed the blame squarely at the foot of successive governments which have slowly sought to undermine the post. The Ostrava social worker Kumar Vishwanathan, who works with the local Roma community, sat on the commission from its inception in 1998 and was in close contact with Ms Šimůnková. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/simunkova_monika1_0.jpg?timestamp=1591151544 https://english.radio.cz/activist-patriarchal-government-has-emasculated-human-rights-agenda-8542237 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9