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Naděžda Kavalírová

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Naděžda Kavalírová in November 2008.

Naděžda Kavalírová (13 November 1923 – 20 January 2017) was a Czechoslovakian-born Czech physician, human rights activist and former political prisoner.

She became actively involved in the resistance to Czechoslovakia's Communist government.[1] She later headed the Confederation of Political Prisoners (Konfederace politických vězňů České republiky) from 2003 until her death in January 2017.[1]

Kavalírová died in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on 20 January 2017, at the age of 93.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Head of Confederation of Political Prisoners Naděžda Kavalírová dies at 93". Radio Prague. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-02-15.