<diacritize> For instance , the late Vaclav Havel , a former Czech president who spent years in prison for his human rights activities , wrote in 1985 : The dissident can offer , if anything , only his own skin and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for . <yor>For instance , the late Václav Havel , a former Czech president who spent years in prison for his human rights activities , wrote in 1985 : The dissident can offer , if anything , only his own skin and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for . 