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    • 1 January

      1977

      Founding of the human rights group "Charta 77" in Czechoslovakia.

      Artists and intellectuals – including Václav Havel, Jiri Hájek and Jiri Dienstbier – as well as politicians connected with the Prague Spring join forces to draw attention to violations of human rights that go against the Helsinki Final Act, which the CSSR also signed.
      RIAS report on an interview with Jiri Hájek, co-signer of the "Charta 77" (1968 Czech foreign minister), 31 March 1977 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Abend, Moderator/Reporter: Willi Knecht, Dieck Werkiek (Holländischer Rundfunk))
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    • 11 January

      1977

      The People’s Police restrict access to the West German Permanent Mission in East Berlin, mainly to hold back GDR citizens wanting to leave the country.

    • 20 January

      1977

      Beginn of the presidency of Jimmy Carter (USA)
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