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January 16, 1989 - Jan Palach Week
Video of protesters shouting ”Jan Palach lives!” and being assaulted by police water cannons.
“Two thousand demonstrators recently crowded the main square of Prague to honor the memory of Jan Palach, a 20-year-old student who immolated himself on Jan. 16, 1969. Hundreds of them were beaten and scores were jailed, including Czechoslovakia’s most renowned playwright, Vaclav Havel.” (nytimes)
