Czech Republic

Unprecedented Measures: The State's Response to The Ukrainian Crisis

13.03.2022

Russia´s military operation in the Ukraine has become a real game-changer in terms of national security policies and their impacts on civil rights and freedoms in the Czech Republic. The Public Prosecution Service has warned against possible criminal consequences of the free expression of opinions regarding the Ukrainian question whereas the Ministry of the Interior has launched a counterpropaganda campaign. The security bodies (probably the Military Intelligence), in turn, initiated the unprecedented blocking of the Czech „disinformation“ media.[1] All these actions may collide with the fundamentals of liberal democracy, posing a challenge for the future evolution of this political model.