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Students protested to defend media independence

Editor-in-Chief
23/04/2026

At noon on April 22, hundreds of university and gymnasium students in Prague, Brno, Olomouc, and other cities across the country joined a protest against a new media bill.

The initiative proposes that Czech Television and Czech Radio be funded directly from the state budget. As a sign of support for media independence, students organized symbolic strikes, discussions, and performances, calling for the prevention of a Slovak scenario and the preservation of freedom of speech in the country.

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