Jarmila Bělíková

Jarmila Bělíková (April 27, 1948 – May 6, 2010)[1] was a Czech psychologist, activist, and translator.[2]

She was born in Brno.[1] She studied medicine and during the 1970s worked in a treatment centre for female alcoholics. She then worked as a social worker specializing in the Roma issue.[3]

Bělíková was a signer of Charter 77 and a founder of VONS, the committee for the defence of the unjustly accused. In May 1979, she was arrested and imprisoned for seven months under the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She returned to work as a psychologist in 1989.[3]

During the 1980s, with Olga Havlová, she established an association that published dissident books.[3]

In 2001, she was awarded the Czech Medal of Merit.[3]

Bělíková died in Prague[1] at the age of 62.[3]

References
  1. "Jarmila Bělíková". VONS.
  2. International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations (1976). News Bulletin - International Union of Food & Allied Workers' Associations. International Union of Food & Allied Workers' Associations. p. 13.
  3. "Disparition de Jarmila Bělíková, ancienne dissidente et fondatrice du VONS". Radio Praha. May 14, 2010.(in French)
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