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11/16/19

Czech Republic - Prague: Anti-government protests mark Velvet Revolution anniversary

Over 200,000 people took to the streets of Prague on Saturday as part of anti-government protests. Sunday marks 30 years since the 1989 Velvet Revolution that led to the fall of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the Czech capital on Saturday as part of major anti-government protests. This comes one day ahead of the 30-year-anniversary of the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, a series of non-violent mass protests which led to the overthrow of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. The bloodless revolution was the basis for the founding of the Czech Republic as a democratic state.

Police estimated that 200,000 people were on the streets, while organizers put the number at up to 300,000.

Saturday's protest was organized by activist group Million Moments for Democracy, which has staged numerous protests against the government of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, urging him to resign.

Read more at: Prague: Anti-government protests mark Velvet Revolution anniversary | News | DW | 16.11.2019

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