Hundreds of Thousands Rally on Letná, Prague’s Biggest Protest Since the 1989 Velvet Revolution
Massive demonstration on Letná plain sees hundreds of thousands of Czechs protest the government's plan to revamp public media funding, marking the largest r...
POLICY WIRE — Prague, Czech Republic — A wave of demonstrators flooded Letná plain on Saturday, assembling in numbers described as the largest public protest in the Czech capital since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
Organizers estimated that hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered, while police figures placed the crowd in the tens of thousands, underscoring the massive scale of dissent.
The rally was sparked by the government’s proposal to overhaul the financing model of public broadcasters, a plan critics argue could undermine media independence.
Participants marched, held signs and chanted slogans demanding a transparent, state‑funded media system free from political interference, echoing the spirit of the historic 1989 demonstrations.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)