ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
Camera/edit by Fab Chaundy
30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution becomes protest against Babiš
BBC News
2019-11-17

The thirtieth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution against the Communist regime has been overshadowed by contemporary protests against the country’s prime minister, Andrej Babiš. An estimated 200,000 people packed Letná plain – scene of the largest protests in 1989 – while Mr Babiš was heckled as he lit a candle to students beaten by riot police on Národní street.