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
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
Controversy about the bill on property transfer of Kyiv-Pechersk & Pochaiv Lavras By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.09.2022) – On 8 September 2022, a draft resolution proposing the transfer of the Pochaiv Dormition Lavra...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Independence Day celebrated by religious leaders in St Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv HRWF (29.08.2022) – On Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrated on 24 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena took part in the solemn event “Prayer for...