LGBTQI People and Human Rights
RUSSIA: Estonian organization defending LGBTQ people’s rights labeled “undesirable” By Hans Noot, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF with ovd.info (28.05.2025) – The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, has labeled the Estonian Eurasian...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Estonia approves law obligating Orthodox Church to sever relations with Moscow Patriarchate Interfax (09.04.2025) – The Estonian parliament on Wednesday approved in the third and final reading changes to the law on churches and parishes that obligate the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ESTONIA: State and Orthodox Church agreed on separation from Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Times (02.08.2024) – The Estonian Ministry of Interior and the Estonian Orthodox Church (EOC) have reached an agreement to reduce and ultimately eliminate the influence of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ESTONIA: The Russian Orthodox Church to be declared a terrorist organization? The head of the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to recognize the Russian Orthodox Church as a terrorist organization. The Russian Orthodox Church compared it to a “witch...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Nevski Cathedral in Tallinn built during the period of late 19th century Russification and disliked by many Estonians as a symbol of former Russian oppression (Wikimedia) ESTONIA: Estonia expels head of Russian church branch, a threat to national security...