Roma Fear After the Prague Spring

The suppression of the Prague Spring and the invasion by Warsaw Pact forces brought renewed political repression. For Roma activists, the period of liberalisation had offered rare opportunities for civic engagement and rights advocacy. The crackdown fostered fear, discouraged mobilisation, and reinforced perceptions of Roma as politically unreliable or suspect within the state apparatus.

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