Human rights, or humanity Charter 77 in the context of the émigré organisation Opus bonum Cover Image

Lidská práva aneb Člověčenství. Charta 77 na půdě exilové organizace Opus bonum
Human rights, or humanity Charter 77 in the context of the émigré organisation Opus bonum

Author(s): Petr Placák
Subject(s): History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Opus bonum; catholic organisations;Charter 77;Czechoslovakia;

Summary/Abstract: The Charter 77 opposition movement was instituted as a civic initiative demanding adherence to human rights in Communist Czechoslovakia. Its inception involved Czech independent intellectuals and Christian activists, as well as reform Communists from 1968 who had lost their positions in the wake of the Soviet occupation that August. Opus bonum was founded as a lay Catholic organisation in exile in Frankfurt in 1972.

  • Issue Year: X/2016
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 26-36
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech