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Pavel Dostál
Pavel Dostál (February 25, 1943 – July 24, 2005) was a Minister of Culture in the Czech Republic, known for his dynamic personality and his advocacy of social justice.
Born in Olomouc, North Moravia in 1943, Dostál took an early interest in theatre. In 1966, he put aside his technician trade in order to become the artistic director of the Experimental Theatre in Olomouc. For the next few years, he was active as a theatre producer, and a writer of plays, TV
accuse", similar to Émile Zola's "J'accuse ...!", which helped end the infamous Dreyfus affair in France 100 years before), namely Pavel Dostál, Táňa Fischerová, František Janouch, Karel Jech, Květa Jechová, Svatopluk Karásek, Jaroslav Kořán, Dana Němcová, Karel Schwarzenberg, Jiřina Šiklová, Věněk Šilhán, Libuše Šilhánová, Jaromír Štětina, Petruška Šustrová.
In April 2006, Dr. Yekta Uzunoglu was presented the František Kriegel prize for civic courage.
In March 2007, Mr. Uzunoglu started an 11 days