Jaroslav Šabata
Jaroslav Šabata (2 November 1927 – 14 June 2012) was a
Sabata was born in Dolenice, South Moravian Region, Czechoslovakia, on 2 November 1927.[1] He taught psychology at present-day Masaryk University throughout the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Šabata joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of World War II.[2] He became a prominent government supporter of the Prague Spring in 1968.[2] He left the party in 1969, soon after the Prague Spring was crushed by the Soviets, and resigned from his political positions.[1] He founded Communists in Opposition, a dissident group, during the early 1970s.[1][2] He was twice jailed for his opposition to the government as a political prisoner for a total of seven years:[2] The first from 1971 to 1976, after founding Communists in Opposition, and again from 1978 to 1981, after signing Charter 77.[1]
He was a signatory of the Charter 77 manifest and served as the group's spokesperson from 1978 to 1981, even as he was imprisoned during the same years.[1][2]
Šabata re-entered politics after the 1989
Following the
Jaroslav Šabata died in Brno, Czech Republic, on 14 June 2012, at the age of 84.[1][2]
References
- ^ Prague Monitor. 2012-06-15. Archived from the originalon 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ a b c d e f "Former dissident Jaroslav Šabata dies aged 84". Radio Prague. 2012-06-14. Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2012-07-07.