Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:55:10 +0200https://english.radio.cz/demonstration-duchcov-sparks-fears-renewed-violence-8545236© 2026 Radio Prague International A few hundred people gathered in the north Bohemian town of Duchcov on Wednesday evening to protest against a rise in violence, specifically a recent beating of a local couple by a group of Romanies. Although most participants peacefully listened to the organizers and the town’s mayor Jitka Bártová, a couple of hundred people staged an unannounced march towards the neighborhood where most Roma reside, chanting racist slogans. The police prevented direct confrontation from taking place, and organizers as well as the authorities have appealed for calm, but the situation is still tense, reminding some of the events in the Šluknov region in 2011. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/duchcov_demonstrace1.jpg?timestamp=1591163358 https://english.radio.cz/demonstration-duchcov-sparks-fears-renewed-violence-8545236 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9