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• Topics / Freedom of conscience and religion
Parliament increases control over religious organizations
18.10.2012
Despite agreement with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, parliament has adopted in full a law which makes major amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.
Crimean Muslims protest over repressive measures from authorities
26.09.2012
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Crimea accuses the authorities of measures aimed at destroying Islamic educational establishments
Anger over latest desecration of Crimean Muslim religious symbols
04.09.2012
Spokesperson for the Spiritual Directorate of Crimean Muslims, Aider Adzhimambetov warns that if the police this time don’t find those responsible for the latest act of vandalism of Muslim graves, patience could be exhausted
Grave of Muslim Holy Man desecrated in the Crimea
25.05.2012
On 22 May the gravestone at the grave of the Muslim Holy Man Eskender (Kyarly Aziz) near the village of Novoulyanovsk in the Bakhchysari district was destroyed, probably with a sledge hammer
Evangelical Baptists accuse Sumy police of torture
24.04.2012
Fellow members of the congregation held a picket with a sign reading “They torture people here” after two members of the Church of Evangelical Baptists were allegedly subjected to blows, abuse and threats by officers of the Zarichny Police Station.
Protest over religious discrimination in the Crimea
12.03.2012
100 well-known figures in the Crimea have signed an appeal accusing the Simferopol authorities of discrimination and of provoking inter-ethnic and inter-denominational conflict in the region
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine face illegal seizure of property
05.10.2011
The Religious Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine reports that it is facing the illegal seizure of a portion of its property through a land grab scam commonly known in Ukraine as a property raid
Another Muslim grave desecrated in the Crimea
20.09.2011
The Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the Crimea reports that another Muslim grave has been desecrated. In the village of Korbekul near Alushta the gravestone of the Muslim holy man Aziz Devletli Baba was smashed
Crimean Muslim denied right to be photographed in headscarf
30.08.2011
The Crimean District Administrative Court has refused to accept the right of Zilekha Kadyrova to use a photograph in a headscarf for her driving licence.
Muslim Grave in the Crimea desecrated
24.08.2011
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Crimea has reported that on 13 August, the grave of the Righteous Esender, a Muslim shrine known as Kiarly Azyz, was desecrated
Volyn Police lawlessness against Hare Krishna devotees
02.08.2011
Horokhiv police officers detained five men and held them in a police station for five hours, insulting them, taking their fingerprints. If this were not enough, the head of the police station even tried to hit one of them.
Land at long last allocated for Soborna Mosque
23.06.2011
7 years after beginning the procedure for getting building permission for the Mosque the Crimean Muslims have received the State Act of entitlement to indefinite use of a land site on the outskirts of Simferopol
Family values the Russian Orthodox Church way?
17.05.2011
The supposed apocalyptic threat to Ukraine of western sexual morality, children’s rights and homosexuality and need for Russian Orthodoxy expounded at a Parents’ Forum in Kyiv could be ignored were it not for the central location and endorsement from Ukraine’s Minister of Education
School crucifixes do not breach human rights
19.03.2011
Displaying crucifixes in schools in Italy does not breach the rights of non-Catholic families, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled
Apparent breakthrough on Crimea’s Soborna Mosque
16.02.2011
On Tuesday the Simferopol City Council gave its consent for the preparation of a plan for transferring a land site to the Spiritual Directorate of Crimean Muslims in order to build a Soborna or Assembly Mosque
Is Freedom of Conscience under Threat in Ukraine?
11.02.2011
According to the Ukrainian Association for Religious Freedom during Viktor Yanukovych’s first year as President, observance of freedom of faith has noticeably decreased
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
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