Jan Ruml - Ales Lederer - Jiri Kanturek - Ladislav

Following a brutal police crackdown on peaceful march of students late November 17, prominent members of Charter 77 and other dissident organizations, students and actors established the Civic Forum as a mass popular movement for reforms in Prague on November 19, 1989. Civic Forum activists (from right) Petr Cepek, Jiri Cerny, Vaclav Klaus, Vladimir Hanzel, Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Maly, Rita Klimova, Ladislav Lis, Jiri Kanturek, Ales Lederer and Jan Ruml during a press conference of the Civic Forum in Pragues Laterna Magica theatre on November 22, 1989. CTK Photo/Petr Mazanec

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Activists Ales Brutal Cerny Charter Civic Crackdown Dissident Established Forum Havel Jiri Klaus Klimova Ladislav Laterna Lederer Magica Maly Mazanec Petr Pragues Prominent Reforms Takeover Vaclav

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