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"(
) Thirty years have passed this month since the world’s press published the text of Charter 77, a petition closely associated with protests against the communist dictatorship in the former Czechoslovakia. It was an expression of resistance against the arrogance of power and the brutality of the state security apparatus, which had no respect for freedom of religion, imprisoning all those who criticised them, and preventing young people from studying because of their own opinions or even those of their parents.
Charter 77 was associated with prominent personalities, such as Václav Havel, and even thirty years on it has lost none of its significance or relevance. It inspired the Belarusian opposition to come up with their Charter 97 initiative, signed by tens of thousands of Belarusians protesting against the Lukashenko regime. North Korean, Cuban and Burmese dissidents are also trying to make use of these tactics. Therefore let me say a few words at the European Parliament on behalf of those who have experienced a totalitarian communist regime. Signatories of Charter 77, we thank you for your courage which led to victory over fear, so that all of us can live and work in the European Union as free people today."@en1
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