Glossary of Terms
VONS
Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Persecuted [Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných]. Formed on April 24th, 1978, VONS sought to publicize the Czechoslovak regime’s persecution of Charter 77 signatories. In October 1979 eleven members of VONS, including Havel, were brought to trial on charges of undermining the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and five members were sentenced to terms in prison of three to five years.