Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:06:12 +0200https://english.radio.cz/memoriam-petr-uhl-charter-77-co-founder-human-rights-activist-journalist-and-8735670© 2026 Radio Prague International Petr Uhl, a co-founder of the Charter 77 human rights movement along with Václav Havel and among the longest-imprisoned dissidents under the communist regime, has died at the age of 80. Although a lifelong leftist, Petr Uhl never joined the party and was among the most vocal opponents of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia and the persecution of political activists. The dissident, journalist and later politician was widely respected for the courage of his convictions. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/39fa8e16c69364415045ddb4781c5b54.jpg?timestamp=1645531278 https://english.radio.cz/memoriam-petr-uhl-charter-77-co-founder-human-rights-activist-journalist-and-8735670 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9