Czech dissidents warned (12/27/81)

Czech dissidents warned

LONDON - Czech authorities rounded up 15 dissidents on December 13 and warned them not to support the protests of workers in Poland, where martial law had been declared a few hours earlier, reported the Associated Press.

Citing Jan Kaven, director of the London-based Palach Press, the AP reported that all the dissidents were eventually released after being warned that they would face stiff penalties if they spoke out against the imposition of a state of emergency in Poland by Communist Party leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.

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