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BELGIUM: Belgium goes on financing the Russian Orthodox Church despite the war in Ukraine By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (19.09.2024) – Despite the weaponizing of the Russian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate by President...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Jehovah’s Witnesses arbitrarily deregistered but not the Russian Orthodox Church. Why? Concern also mounts about the Russian Orthodox Church’s increasing purchase of properties near military sites in Norway, which poses security issues. By Willy Fautré,...
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UKRAINE: The State clashing with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate: Exploring possible solutions Original title of the article: Legislative ban on the UOC as a chance for reconciliation among Orthodox Churches in Ukraine by Sergii Bortnyk,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: The UOC, the historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, on the path to be banned On Independence Day, President Zelensky signed Law № 8371 banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine through the Ukrainian Orthodox...
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CZECHIA: Deportation of a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church By Willy Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.08.2024) – Archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, 51, a key ally of Russian Patriarch Kirill and leader of the Russian Orthodox...