Dana Nemcova, a leading Czech pro-democracy and human rights dissident under Communist rule, died on Tuesday, a foundation she worked with said. She was 89.
Nemcova was signatory and speaker of the Charter 77 declaration which was the foundation of Czech human rights and democracy movement.
"Dana Nemcova, a woman of a full and free life, deceased in the early hours of today," Committee of Good Will - Olga Havlova Foundation Chairman Vojtech Sedlacek said in a statement.
