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
UKRAINE: Ukraine is now ‘Holy War,’ Russian Church declares By Brendan Cole Newsweek (28.03.2024) – The Russian Orthodox Church has approved a document that deems President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine a “Holy...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest February 16-29 01.03.2024 – Russia jails Jehovah’s Witness for 8 years after ‘mole’ secretly films worship meeting Reuters – A court in southwestern Russia has sentenced a...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Navalny, a cumbersome corpse for the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church Navalny, a convert from atheism to Orthodoxy, remains a source of disarray after his death By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (2002.2024) – The unexpected death...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: Italy gives € 500,000 for the restoration of Odessa’s Orthodox Cathedral shelled by Russia The church, heavily damaged by Russian shelling on July 23, 2023, is one of the beneficiaries of the projects of the Italian presidency of G7. by Willy Fautré with...