A-Infos (en) Czech, Svitavy, East Bohemia, Media, Some 70 anarchists and other activists attended a one-hour protest against mounting neo-Nazi activities in the Czech Republic Saturday.

They paid tribute to all victims of neo-Nazi violence since the fall of the previous 
regime in late 1989. ---- "The police were monitoring the march, we dealt with no 
misdemeanour during the event," Svitavy police spokeswoman Anna Stegnerova told 
journalists. ---- The activists carried posters reading "No to further neo-Nazism victims" 
and "No to xenophobia and racism." ---- An anarchist claimed in his speech during the 
event that there have been more than 30 victims of neo-Nazis in the country. --- The march 
was joined by about 20 Romanies from the association We Want to Live! --- "We have arrived 
from Brno, we have come to pay tribute to Ota Absolon," a member of the association said. 
--- The march of neo-Nazism opponents was held on the day when in the past years skinheads 
used to stage marches in support of the convicted skinhead Vlastimil Pechanec.

Pechanec was sent to prison for 17 years for a racially-motivated murder of a 23-year-old 
Romany man in 2003.
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