Dana Nemcova, a prominent Czech dissident and human rights activist during the communist era, has passed away at the age of 89. She was associated with the Olga Havel Foundation, a charitable organization, for many years. No information has been released regarding the cause of death. Nemcova was one of the earliest signatories of Charter 77, a human rights manifesto inspired by fellow dissident Vaclav Havel, who later became president. The document served as a rare demonstration of resistance to the hard-line communist regime that took over after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Nemcova, a mother of seven and professional psychologist, spent six months in detention in 1979 before receiving a two-year suspended sentence for subversion of the republic. Nemcova and her husband, Jiri Nemec, transformed their apartment into a centre for anti-communist resistance, but faced repeated interrogations and raids. Nemcova served as a lawmaker in the parliament of Czechoslovakia until 1992 after the 1989 Velvet Revolution led by Havel.