Kverulant.org

Kverulant.org is a Czech public-benefit organization (obecně prospěšná společnost) founded on 23 July 2009 by Vojtěch Razima, who serves as its founder and director. Until 2014 it also operated under the name Acta non verba — Latin for "Act, not only speak" — which remains the declared guiding principle of the organization. Its core mission is watchdogging: investigative journalism focused on public-sector cases, filing criminal complaints and lawsuits in suspected corruption cases, publicly reporting findings through media and its own website, and advocating greater transparency in public administration. Among the notable cases Kverulant.org has pursued are exposing overpriced contracts at government ministries, drawing attention to wasteful handling of state-owned enterprise assets, and criticizing the non-transparent financing of political parties. The organization is funded by donations from private individuals and companies; it refuses to accept subsidies from the state or the European Union in order to preserve its independence. It was established as a public-benefit corporation under Act No. 248/1995 Coll. on public-benefit corporations; after that law was repealed on 1 January 2014, it continued to be governed by its provisions as permitted by the new Civil Code. Collaborators and statutory bodies of Kverulant.org have included Jan Urban — journalist, educator, dissident under the communist regime, signatory of Charter 77, co-founder, leader and spokesman of Civic Forum — and architect Jan Holna. The organization maintains an active public presence through its official website, YouTube, Facebook, X (Twitter) and LinkedIn.

Kverulant.org was founded on 23 July 2009 as a Czech public-benefit corporation (obecně prospěšná společnost) under Act No. 248/1995 Coll. on public-benefit corporations. Its founder and director is Vojtěch Razima. Until 2014 the organization also operated under the name Acta non verba — Latin for "Act, not only speak" — which remained its declared basic principle of activity. The organization was established with a watchdogging mission: investigative journalism focused on public-sector cases, filing criminal complaints and lawsuits in suspected corruption cases, publicly announcing findings through media and its official website, and promoting greater transparency in public administration. Over the years it has pursued notable cases including exposing overpriced contracts at government ministries, drawing attention to wasteful handling of state-owned enterprise assets, and criticizing the non-transparent financing of political parties. When Act No. 248/1995 Coll. was repealed on 1 January 2014, Kverulant.org continued to be governed by its provisions, as permitted by the new Civil Code. The organization is funded by donations from private individuals and companies and refuses to accept subsidies from the state or the European Union in order to maintain its independence. Its collaborators and statutory bodies have included Jan Urban, a journalist, educator, dissident under the communist regime, signatory of Charter 77, and co-founder, leader and spokesman of Civic Forum, as well as architect Jan Holna.

• 2014

  Act No. 248/1995 Coll. repealed; Kverulant.org continues under its provisions per the new Civil Code.

• 2014

  Organization ceases using the alternative name Acta non verba.

• 2009

  Kverulant.org founded as a Czech public-benefit corporation.

Independent, donation-funded Czech watchdog that refuses state or EU subsidies to preserve its independence.

• Investigative journalism on public-sector cases

• Criminal complaints and lawsuits in suspected corruption cases

• Public announcements of findings via media and official website

• Advocacy for greater transparency in public administration

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2. 2Kverulant.org – Czech Wikipediacs.wikipedia.org