Imprisonment of Václav Havel
Imprisonment of Václav Havel
Typed press release by the Swiss German Centre titled “Schweizer Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen fordern die Freilassung von Vaclav Havel”, 20 January 1989, Zurich, f. 1. This press release contains the signatures of thirteen Swiss writers calling for the release of Václav Havel. Havel, the Czech playwright, essayist, dissident and first President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003), was arrested on 16 January 1989 for his part in a street protest during the Velvet Revolution. He was eventually released on 18 May 1989.
Imprisonment of Václav Havel
Encarcelamiento de Václav Havel
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