Andrzej Czuma

Andrzej Bobola Czuma [ˈandʐɛj ˈt͡ʂuma] ⓘ (born 7 December 1938 in Lublin) is a Polish politician, lawyer and historian.

He was one of the founders of Ruch - an anti-Communist organisation aiming at making Poland a democratic country and was imprisoned by the Communist authorities.

He was a spokesperson for and one of the leaders of the Movement for Defence of Human and Civic Rights (Polish: Ruch Obrony Praw Człowieka i Obywatela, ROPCiO) as well as an editor of Opinia magazine.

He was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment in March 1980 for organising a celebration of Independence Day in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw on 11 November 1979.

After the nationwide anti-Communist protests in August 1980 he became an advisor to the Solidarity movement in Silesia region as well as the publisher and editor of Wiadomości Katowickie magazine.