Vladimír Hučín
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Vladimír Hučín (May 25, 1952 in Gottwaldov (Zlín), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech political celebrity who was a dissident before 1989. After the Velvet revolution he was nominated by the association of former political prisoners to work at BIS - a Czech intelligence agency.
In the 70's he used explosives to destroy various propaganda symbols of communism; he was four times tried and put into prison for a grand total 40 months of prison served. After his release from prison in 1987 he signed the Charter 77 proclamation.
In 2002 he was fired from BIS and soon after that arrested and imprisoned for no obvious reason. He effectively became a political prisoner of the allegedly democratic Václav Havel's regime. He was held in prison for more than a year without being charged - a portion of that time he was held in a psychiatric ward. In spite of numerous requests, then-president Václav Havel refused to look into the matter and grant him clemency, even if Havel was well-known for his extensive use of clemency while in office.
Hučín's trial was held on a "no-public allowed" basis for several years. In November 2005 he was found not guilty. An appellate court confirmed the verdict on April 21, 2006 in Olomouc.
