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• Topics / Freedom of conscience and religion
Call for public discussion on any changes to freedom of conscience legislation
03.02.2011
The Heads of Ukrainian Churches and Religious Organizations have sent an appeal to the Ministries of Culture and Justice asking for proper public discussion of the draft Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations
Religious Organizations highlight Present Challenges to Fragile Inter-faith Harmony and Equality
21.12.2010
A roundtable on Dialogue between the Authorities and Faiths within the Context of a European Value System has reiterated the need for dialogue, a single body on religious affairs and immense care and consultation with any legislative moves
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches & Religious Organizations call for a single State agency on religious affairs
17.12.2010
The Council is concerned that the abolition of the State Committee of Ukraine on Nationalities and Religions and transfer of its functions to other authorities would jeopardize social harmony and Church-State dialogue
Lviv authorities to restore Memorial Plaque to Patriarch Joseph Slipy
15.12.2010
The memorial plaque erected in 2005 was removed from the wall of what was once the Kharkiv prison where in the 1960s the Patriarch, a prisoner of conscience for 18 years, was held on his way to Siberia
Draft law would give tax concessions to the Moscow Patriarchate
15.12.2010
Two National Deputies from the Party of the Regions are proposing to waive tax on the construction of the tallest cathedral in Europe which the Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate is undertaking in Kyiv
Quasi-religious Favouritism
14.12.2010
The consequences of any form of favouritism tend to be negative. The dangers, however, when one religious group is favoured above others by those in power, as is now happening in Ukraine, are incalculable.
Evangelical Church leaders seek action over deportation of Ukrainian Bishop from Uzbekistan
14.12.2010
The Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine believes that the lack of a proper note of protest from the Foreign Ministry over the deportation from Uzbekistan of Bishup Nesteruk could place other Ukrainians at threat of similar treatment
On the Dissolution of the State Committee on Nationalities and Religion
10.12.2010
Under the radical restructuring set out by Presidential Decree, religious organizations will be registered by a newly created State Registration Service and all other functions will fall under the new Ministry of Culture. These changes clash with present legislation which religious organizations believe should not be changed
Will the Crimean authorities override the President’s word?
09.12.2010
The Crimean authorities are once again trying to stop the building of the Soborna or Assembly Mosque in Simferopol
Kyiv Patriarchate alleges attempt to seize church in the Donetsk region
09.12.2010
It asserts that Donetsk businessmen, together with representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate [UOC MP] tried to hold an unlawful “meeting of village residents” in order to formalize documents for transferring the Ascension Church to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate
Vandalism and grave disrespect to believers in Kharkiv
23.11.2010
A memorial plaque to Patriarch Joseph Slipy, erected in 2005 has been removed from the wall of what was once the Kharkiv prison where in the 1960s the Patriarch, a prisoner of conscience for 18 years, was imprisoned
US State Department publishes 2010 International Freedom Report
19.11.2010
The report on Ukraine found no major problems during this period although it commented that local officials at times took sides in disputes between religious organizations. The events at the end of July involving obstruction by traffic police of believers fall outside the reporting period.
Concern expressed over reduction in religious freedom in Ukraine
03.11.2010
The Ukrainian Association for Religious Freedom at a recent meeting pointed to a a worsening in relations between faiths. The reason for this was seen as being the special attitude to one particular Church demonstrated by those in power
OSCE Conference criticizes Ukraine for infringing believers’ rights
07.10.2010
The US Delegation are scathing of obstructions or bans on movement and peaceful protests, including the obstruction of believers from the Orthodox Church under the Kyiv Patriarchate trying to reach Kyiv for ceremonies to mark the Festival of the Baptism of Kyiv-Rus on 28 July 2010
MIA denies any obstruction by traffic police
29.09.2010
The Minister of Internal Affairs has, in response to a deputys query, asserted that an official check by the MIA found that there had been no cases where the traffic people obstructed believers of the Orthodox Church under the Kyivan Patriarchate. No explanation for specific cases cited was given
Concerns over freedom of conscience in Azerbaijan
27.08.2010
Azerbaijan authorities are refusing to register Evangelical communities under the new law on religion
How the Traffic Police do not ensure safe travelling
04.08.2010
The traffic police have almost certainly now been used twice to deny citizens their most fundamental human rights. With local elections looming, the consequences of ignoring such violations surely do not need to be spelled out
Call for investigation into police obstruction of supporters of the Kyiv Patriarchate
03.08.2010
The Minister of Internal Affairs should carry out a thorough check into numerous violations by the police of the rights of believers from the Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate [UOC KP) during their attempted pilgrimage to Kyiv to celebrate the Baptism of Kyivan Rus.
UHHRU: President formalizes onslaught on freedom of information
25.06.2010
Despite calls from human rights, media and business groups, the President yesterday signed into law the potentially disastrous Law on Personal Data Protection
Ukrainian Council of Churches calls for real safeguards of peaceful assembly
24.06.2010
At present religious organizations are discriminated against since the law on freedom of conscience imposes a permission-based system of informing, 10 days in advance, of a planned religious gathering
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