Jaroslav Hutka (born 21 April 1947 in Olomouc) is a Czech musician, composer, songwriter, and democracy and human rights activist.

[1] Hutka left Czechoslovakia in October 1978 due to persecution from the Communist authorities, and lived in exile in the Netherlands.

[2] His works include Citizen Havel (2008), Schritte im Labyrinth (1990) and Bratřícek Karel (2016).

Their house was made state property and the family of five consequently lived in one room adjacent to a police station.

He was interviewed by oral history organisation Post Bellum for their Stories of Our Neighbors project.