Society
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Czech Republic picked out in Amnesty International report for exports of ‛torture’ equipment
The Czech Republic has come under fire in a report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International for exporting torture equipment to countries where they are likely to be…
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Burmese refugees seek to make a home for themselves in the Czech Republic
Nine Burmese families are now making a life for themselves in the Czech Republic. One father explained how he fled his country after coming under suspicion from the ruling…
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Untiring journalist elicits groundbreaking testimonies from ex-Khmer Rouge men in One World film…
Enemies of the People, one of over 100 films being screened at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague, follows the journalist Thet Sambath as he…
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First kosher shop since WWII opens in Prague
For the first time since the war, a shop with kosher food has opened in the Czech capital. Located in Prague’s Old Town, just metres away from the all the attractions of…
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Young Czech doctors up in arms over pay and conditions
Young doctors getting residency training at clinics and hospitals in the Czech Republic are increasingly unhappy with their working conditions, with some saying they have…
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Is Český Krumlov still the model for Czech-Roma relations?
The conditions in which the Czech Republic’s Roma minority lives have not improved in the last decade, in fact many of the groups working with Roma issues say their…
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Afghan society more advanced than we might imagine, says maker of One World film War and Love in…
War and Love in Kabul, which is being screened at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague, tells the Romeo and Juliet-like story of a couple who…
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Police mobilised to investigate Ostrava arson attack on Roma family
News of another arson attack on a Roma family has sent a shiver down the spines of most Czechs. It recalled the shocking attack almost a year ago which almost killed a two…
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One World film Mugabe and the White African documents one man’s legal battle against dictator
Mugabe and the White African, which is being shown at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague, follows Michael Campbell, one of the few white…
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Gay grouping demands right to adopt children
A gay association has called for the Czech legal landscape to be redrawn allowing individual members of gay couples to be allowed to adopt children. The demand is backed…
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Is a president allowed to slouch?
Last weekend Czechs marked the 160th anniversary of the birth of the co-founder of Czechoslovakia and the country’s first president T.G. Masaryk. Although Czechs fondly…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: The first Bohemian chronicler Cosmas, listening to Radio Prague on smart phones, listening in the Czech Republic, a comment on the reduction of the…
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