Charta 77
Czech
editEtymology
editFrom charta + 77. The number refers to the year 1977, when the document was written.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- Charter 77 (1977 document criticizing the Czechoslovak government for failing to implement human rights provisions of a number of documents it signed)
- Charter 77 (Czechoslovak civic initiative introducing the document and demanding respecting human, civil and political rights of people by the communist government)