On August 20th, 2018, far-right groups in the Czech Republic organized a protest in Dubí, a small town near the border with Germany. The protest was in response to a recent incident at a local swimming pool between two women. The far-right groups, including the far-right political party DSSS, used the incident as a rallying cry against what they saw as an increase in crime and violence perpetrated by immigrants and minorities. They claimed that...
Category - Czech republic
01.05.2017 Brno residents are not planning to block the 1 May march by the ultra-right convened by the Workers’ Youth this year. Instead, they are calling on people through Facebook to organize creative, entertaining, non-violent activities in the city center on 1 May under the slogan “You can’t salute the Nazis if you’re having a good time” (“Kdo si hraje, nehajluje”). In recent years, 1 May in Brno has...
Czech republic
V78: Antifa blockade of the March of Neo fascists against refugees and Islam in Prague
On February 6, 2016, thousands of people gathered in Prague to protest against refugees and Islam. The demonstration was organized by the anti-immigrant group Block Against Islam, and was attended by far-right groups from across Europe. The protesters, many of whom carried Czech flags and banners with anti-refugee slogans, marched through the city center, stopping at the Czech government headquarters and the Ministry of the Interior to voice...
01.05.2015 Brno, Czech republic – Asi 1500 až 2000 lidí se v Brně postavilo proti prvomájovému pochodu dvou set příznivců extremistické organizace Dělnická mládež. Zablokovali přístupové cesty na Malinovského náměstí, skandovali “Náckové ven z Brna” a další podobná hesla. Policie nejdříve oba tábory oddělila, nasadila stovky těžkooděnců, jezdce na koních i vrtulník. Uskutečnilo se několik dalších pokusů o blokádu, které nakonec...
Czech republic, Racism
V61: March of far-rights (Polish and Czech hooligans) against Roma people in Ostrava
During the summer of 2013, the Czech Republic saw a wave of far-right rallies against the Roma people. These rallies were sparked by a violent incident at a swimming pool in the town of Dubí, where a group of Roma individuals allegedly attacked a non-Roma woman who had confronted a young Roma boy for splashing water. The incident was widely reported in the media and quickly became a topic of debate in Czech society. On June 24th, 2013, anti-Roma...
Far-right protests in Ceske Budejovice against the Roma community turned violent on Saturday, 29 June 2013, resulting in eight people being injured, including two police officers. More than 100 people were detained during the clashes, and police found baseball bats, brass knuckles, gas pistols and other weapons in possession of the demonstrators. Protestors had attempted to reach neighborhoods where the Roma population was prominent, leading to...
On June 22, 2013, supporters of the radical Workers’ Party of Social Justice (DSSS) gathered at the Légií Square on the outskirts of the Roma quarter in Duchcov, Czech Republic. Shortly after the DSSS leader’s speech, the protesters clashed with police when they attempted to break through a police cordon to reach a group of Roma residents. At the same time, the civil association Konexie organized a public gathering called...
Prague, Czech republic, 15.3.2012 Stydíme se za prezidenta i vládu, vzkazují demonstrantiV Praze se protestující sešli v 17 hodin na Václavském náměstí. K demonstraci je svolala tzv. Holešovická výzva, která otevřeně požaduje demisi vlády a jmenování odborníků na místa současných ministrů. Odstoupit by údajně měl i prezident Klaus – pro ztrátu důvěry…Mnoho lidí si proto na oblečení nalepilo během protestů žlutou nálepku s nápisem...