On the 16th of January 2009 it will be 40 years from the self-burning of Jan Palach. He has committed this act in protest against the progressing lethargy and pusillanimity of the Czechoslov... Read allOn the 16th of January 2009 it will be 40 years from the self-burning of Jan Palach. He has committed this act in protest against the progressing lethargy and pusillanimity of the Czechoslovak nation following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 1968.On the 16th of January 2009 it will be 40 years from the self-burning of Jan Palach. He has committed this act in protest against the progressing lethargy and pusillanimity of the Czechoslovak nation following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 1968.