U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom concern over religious freedom violations in Crimea
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom concern over religious freedom violations in Crimea

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“Religious minority communities, particularly Muslim Crimean Tatars, suffer because of Russia’s application of its more restrictive criminal and administrative codes, notably its onerous registration requirements and notorious anti-extremism law” says U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman Robert P. George in a press statement released in Washington. “The human rights and religious freedom situation in…

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Armed actions prevent Ukraine Pentacostal pastors from attending conference

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Russia Religion News reports that for the first time in the years of Ukrainian independence, pastors of the Christians of Evangelical Faith [KhVE] of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces were prevented from attending their provincial conference. The pastors were prevented by armed actions. The senior presbyter of the Association of KhVE churches of Donetsk province, Anatoly…