{"id":10496,"date":"2025-07-18T13:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:59:24","slug":"czech-president-signs-law-criminalizing-communist-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/czech-president-signs-law-criminalizing-communist-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech president signs law criminalizing communist propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-spacing=\"double\">Czech President Petr Pavel <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/politics\/news\/czech-president-signs-law-criminalising-communist-propaganda\/\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">has signed<\/a><\/span> a criminal code amendment that criminalizes the spread of communist ideology, equating it with Nazi propaganda.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The revised law imposes a prison sentence of up to five years for anyone who &#8220;founds, supports, or promotes Nazi, communist, or other movements that demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious, or class hatred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The amendment follows a call from Czech historical institutions, including the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, to address a &#8220;legal imbalance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KS\u010cM), led by Member of the European Parliament Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1, is currently part of a new electoral alliance called &#8220;Sta\u010dilo&#8221; (&#8220;Enough&#8221;) and has condemned the decision as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">&#8220;This is another failed attempt to outlaw the KS\u010cM and intimidate critics of the current regime,&#8221; Kone\u010dn\u00e1 stated.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">It remains unclear how the new law will be applied to parties like the KS\u010cM. The party currently holds no seats in parliament, but recent polls show its alliance at 5% support, which is enough to return to the lower house in the October elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czech President Petr Pavel has signed a criminal code amendment that criminalizes the spread of communist ideology, equating it with Nazi propaganda. 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