University students and other people met at Prague-Albertov to mark the November 17, 1939 and 1989 anniversaries today, since on Tuesday the police denied them entry to the memorial site where President Milos Zeman was addressing a crowd of his fans. The organisers of today´s "belated" celebration say a total of 5,000 people attended it. The police estimated the attendance at 2,000. Prague-Albertov is a university neighbourhood linked to the events of November 17, 1939, the day of a Nazi crackdown on Czech universities, and November 17, 1989, when the "Velvet Revolution" broke out after a viol
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University students and other people met at Prague-Albertov to mark the November 17, 1939 and 1989 anniversaries today, since on Tuesday the police denied them entry to the memorial site where President Milos Zeman was addressing a crowd of his fans. The organisers of today´s "belated" celebration say a total of 5, 000 people attended it. The police estimated the attendance at 2, 000. Prague-Albertov is a university neighbourhood linked to the events of November 17, 1939, the day of a Nazi crackdown on Czech universities, and November 17, 1989, when the "Velvet Revolution" broke out after a violent suppression of a student rally by the communist police in Prague. On Tuesday, Zeman addressed his fans in Albertov in the presence of people such as Martin Konvicka, leader of the controversial Bloc Against Islam group. This has been criticised by commentators and politicians, including PM Bohuslav Sobotka, who labelled Konvicka´s group a sect that is xenophobic and spreads hatred. The meeting continued at Wenceslas Square (photo). (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)