Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Czech capital to protest against proposed changes to the funding of public service media, which critics fear could weaken broadcaster independence. Many of the protesters assembled in Letna Park in Prague on Sunday afternoon. Some of the demonstrators wore pointed hats folded out of newspapers in tribute to an animated character who has introduced Czech Television’s nightly children’s bedtime stories for decades. Local authorities anticipated a large crowd days before the November 17 holiday commemorating the 1989 Velvet Revolution against Communist rule, which propelled dissident playwright Vaclav Havel to power.
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