Freedom of Religion and Belief
The end of unity: How the Russian Orthodox Church lost Ukraine Regina Elsner, a researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS). ZOiS (03.03.2022) – Since the end of the Soviet Union, dozens of theologians and scholars of religion...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Is State Secretary Sonia Backès a “Scientology survivor“? Her brother tells a different story She oversees the anti-cult mission MIVILUDES and tells a dramatic tale about her past. But her brother raises doubts about it. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
23 criminal proceedings opened against 33 pro-Russian clerics By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (28.11.2022) – Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine declared in an interview with Ukrinform in October:...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (28.11.2022) – On 24 November, the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine published the text of draft law No. 8221...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Call to end bias against traditional faiths Despite a ruling from the Constitutional Court, followers of indigenous faiths still lack full recognition from the state By Katharina Reny Lestari UCA News (22.11.2022) – https://bit.ly/3XBn4qG – Religious...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Official and state-favored religions under the microscope of discrimination USCIRF releases a report on religious freedom implications of official and favored religions USCIRF (17.11.2022) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)...