THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
20 Friday, July 29, 1977
`Charter 77' Protest Spotlights Denial of Czechs' Human Rights
By WARREN FREEDMAN
Czechoslovakia, espe-
cially after 1968, has gener-
ally been considered the
most Stalinist country faith-
ful to the USSR. Its repres-
sive government and anti-
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Semitic propaganda cam-
paigns have been de-
nounced by leaders of the
free world.
Recently, a document en-
titled "Charter 77" was pub-
lished in the West with
more than 1,000 signatures
of Czechoslovakian citizens.
This important human
rights paper calls for an
end to discrimination
against children of the 1968
reformers led by Dubcek;
an end to work abuses and
restraints on labor leaders'
rights to organize ; an end
to the requirement that of-
fice holders renounce their
religions; and an end to var-
ious other repressive meas-
ures.
•••• Amazingly, "Charter 77"
received support from Com-
,
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munists in Hungary, Italy,
France, Syria and China
The Czech government,
however, has delineated
"Charter ,77" as an illegal
document, and immediately
arrested four of the key
sponsors, one of whom died
in detention. •
The Czech government
has prevented the world
press from contacting any
of the 1,000 Czechoslova-
Young Adult Organization
Seeks to Educate About M.E.
Young adults, both Jew-
ish and non-Jewish, have
joined forces in an attempt
to bring about a better un-
derstanding of the Middle
East situation to their
counterparts.
Working through a nation-
al organization, Youth In-
stitute for Peace in the
Middle East, Inc., the
young adults state as their
purpose to provide an
educational program that
will:
• Give young people an ac-
curate understanding of the
history of the Arab-Israeli
conflict;
• Emphasize the impor-
tance of preserving and ex-
tending democratic in-
stitutions in the Middle
East;
• Explain the nature of
American interests in the
Middle East and ' explore
the kind of policies that will
further the cause of peace
and democracy; and
. Arouse student aware-
ness of the need to defend
Israel's existence and work
for genuine Arab-Israeli re-
conciliation.
The organization pub-
lishes its own magazine,
Crossroads, a bulletin that
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Arthur & Harriet Frolich
Frances Shepherd
Oscar Genzer
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Harold Greenhut
Councilman Sidney Shayne
Jayne Shayne
Maxine & Sander Gutfreund
Marilyn Mazell
Syd & Roz Harris
Erwin & Ruth Siporin
Lynn & Thelma Hooe
Torn & Janet Violante
Al & Sydelle Kramer
Irving & Hadassah Rosen
Raymond Koepplinger
Dr. Leonard & Eleanor Demak
Gerson & Elaine Lacoff
Don & Marilyn Cohen
Rosy Latimore
Nate & Marilyn Cohen
Reba & Richard McHale
Nate & Marilyn Peiss
Bob & Marsha Rosenbloom
Alex Bensky
Rheah & Karl Schaefer
Davida Barris
Ernie Soloman
Julian & Carol Cook
Rubin Weiss
Gerald Dewicki
Ethel & Dave Silberg
Delores Fishman
Morton & Carol Zumberg
(Partial List)
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kians who signed "Charter
77", and has arrested the
well-known writer Pavel Ka-
bout. The government has
even organized mass demon-
strations against "Charter
77".
The government has in-
creased its anti-Semitic
propaganda by denouncing,
in particular, those few
Czech Jews who signed
"Charter 77" as "anti-Com-
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Mideast by renowned schol-
ars and students. It organiz-
es rallies, debates, semi-
nars and lectures on cam-
puses across the country.
Leadership tours to Is-
rael, student-Histadrut in-
stitutes and work-study pro-
grams on Mideast research
are also part of the organi-
zation's activities. Among
the participants were mem-
bers of the United State
Youth Council, Young Dem-:
ocrats, Young Republicans,
the National Association for
the Advancement of Color-
ed People and Frontlash.
The Youth Institute for
Peace in the Middle East,
Inc., can be contacted local-
ly by calling or writing Jan
Heller, executive director
and national first vice presi-
dent, at 38562 Capetown Ct.,
Mt. Clemens, 48044 (286-
6855).
munists and
Zionist-in-
spired." (Indeed, two of the
four signers who were ar-
rested were Jews.)
The government has is-
sued defamatory literature
under the pen name of "Jiri
Bohatka" making Jews col-
laborators with Nazis. It is
currently selling abroad an
anti-Semitic book entitled
"Zionism and Anti-Semi-
tism," published in 1970 in
Prague.
Unfortunately, there has
been little adverse response
from the 6,000 Jews living
in Czechoslovakia. In par-
ticular, the Czechoslovakian
Jewish community fully
identifies with the govern-
ment on "Charter 77" and
has even published a state-
ment to that effect.
Other signs of repression
of human rights in Czecho-
slovakia include the fact
that 700 non-Jewish Czecho-
slovakian children are still
waiting to join their parents
from whom they were for-
cibly separated in 1968 be-
cause their parents partici-
pated in the 1968 revolt.
In September, 1976, four
rock musicians were sen-
tenced to prison terms of 18
months because of their
"anti-socialist" outlook.
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