We wish to all sponsors, partners, and readers of the Political prisoners.eu project a Merry Christmas and a Successful Year 2012.

See the progress of our latest project  K. Ch. - a documentary on the tragic yet ultimately uplifting story of a young woman raped, impregnated, and forced to give birth to her prison guard’s child in a former-Czechoslovakian prison in 1948.

We would like to invite you to an accompanying discussion panel at the occasion of the 15th international conference of Forum 2000 Foundation „Democracy and the Rule of Law“ that annually takes place in Prague under the auspices of Mr. Václav Havel. Our discussion panel is called „The Destinies of Women Political Prisoners in the Light of (Un)Rule of Law“. The event will be held on 11 October 2011 at 18:00 pm in the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Národní 3, Prague 1.

The full rehabilitation of Communist and non-Communist victims of Stalinist repression represented a major problem for the Czechoslovak Communist regime for decades. An article by Klára Pinerová.

Allow us to inform you about the latest project of the volunteer research initiative Political Prisoners.eu: K.Ch., a documentary on the tragic yet ultimately uplifting story of a young woman raped, impregnated, and forced to give birth to her prison guard’s child in a former-Czechoslovakian prison in 1948.

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On April 7th, Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) hosted the grand opening of its fully renovated Laogai Museum at the Foundation's new offices in Washington, D.C.

Please accept our sincere best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.

This is a short review of our discussion panel "Lessons taken (?) Role of Political Prisoners in our Past, Presence and Future". The panel took place as part of the 14th annual international conference Nadace Forum 2000. This conference is held annually in Prague under the auspices of President Vaclav Havel.

Tomáš Bouška participated on the first part of the BBC World Service Memory Wars series.