Czech human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies aged 89

Dana Nemcova has died aged 89 (Ondrej Deml/CTK via AP)

Dana Nemcova, one of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era, has died aged 89.

She died on Tuesday morning, according to the Olga Havel Foundation, a charitable organisation with which she was associated for many years. No details about the cause of death were given.