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• Topics / Freedom of conscience and religion
Donetsk bodies of local self-government once again obstruct religious communities
31.05.2008
Officials of the Executive Committee of the Donetsk City Council are putting obstacles in the way of believers holding a peaceful gathering on 1 June
Lets build our places of worship together!
31.05.2008
It is not only Muslims who experience difficulties in the Crimea, with Simferopol parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church encountering no less problems
Possible breakthrough in finding those who desecrated a Crimean Muslim Cemetery
13.03.2008
In a shocking attack just over a month ago, all 220 gravestones in the central Muslim cemetery of the Nizhnyohirske settlement in the Crimea were destroyed
Jewish community outrage over attack on Muslim cemetery
11.02.2008
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine extends its deep sympathy to the Muslims of the Crimea, especially to those people whose relatives are buried in the graveyard of the Nizhnyohirske Settlemen
Muslim graves desecrated
11.02.2008
Members of the Muslim community in the Crimean Nizhnegorsky settlement are convinced that this was not the wrok of one or two vandalisms, but a planned attack
Crimean Prosecutor protests against the actions of the Simferopol City Council.
27.01.2008
According to the Prosecutor, by allocating a different site for the Soborna Mosque to that applied for , the Council failed to comply with legislation and exceeded its authority
For a tolerant Crimea
25.01.2008
The civic movement “For a tolerant Crimea” has directed an appeal to the Simferopol Mayor and Deputies expressing concern over discrimination against Muslim and other religious communities in the city
Crimean Muslims begin protest over obstruction in building a Mosque in Simpferopol
24.01.2008
On 23 January they held a picket and prayer service in the place where the Simferopol City Council had previously given permission to build the Soborna Mosque. At one of the last sessions, the Councils deputies reversed this decision
Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches appeals to the President
27.12.2007
The appeal is prompted by cases where police officers have exceeded their authority and flagrantly infringed the rights of believers from Evangelical Protestant Churches
Compulsory course on the foundations of Orthodox culture in Russia may reach the court in Strasbourg
09.10.2007
The Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson has called on the regions forcing children to study the subject to remove the compulsory element however thus far without success and parents are planning to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights
Disturbing rise in anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Zhytomyr
22.08.2007
Ukraines Chief Rabbi Azriel Khaikin has addressed a letter to main government bodies with regard to constant incidents involving anti-Semitism in Zhytomyr
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches supports moratorium on privatizing places of religious worship
19.03.2007
They believe that the draft law proposed will help in completing the return of Church property in Ukraine in accordance with Ukraines commitments to the Council of Europe
Leaders of Ukraines main denominations repeat their call for their right to permanent use of land to be reinstated
14.03.2007
Their reasons remain as compelling as ever so it is only to be hoped that this time they will be heeded
Christian Churches in the Lviv region feel insulted by recent Jehovahs Witness material
06.12.2006
A picture in a Jehovahs Witness publication “The End of false religion is nigh!” has angered the Churches who consider that the image not only offends, but also incites religious enmity
Can they listen this time?
30.10.2006
A new draft law has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada on reinstating the right of religious organizations to permanently use land
Verkhovna Rada ignores the interests of believers
19.10.2006
On 17 October the Verkhovna Rada rejected the draft laws on amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine (on the right of religious organizations to permanently use land
Religious organizations call for their right to permanent use of land to be reinstated
04.10.2006
They have appealed to parliament to support the draft law “On introducing amendments to Article 92 of the Land Code of Ukraine” on the right of religious organizations to permanently use land
Religious freedom and the right of peaceful assembly violated in the Luhansk region
02.10.2006
The Ivanivka Settlement Council has banned a concert of Christian songs near the settlement club under a ban on “any activities of totalitarian sects”
Police temporarily detain 27 members of the Youth National Congress in Chernihiv
06.09.2006
St. Catherines Church in Chernihiv has once again been made the centre of religious confrontation
Inter-denominational conflict emerges in Kharkiv. Who is to blame?
30.07.2006
The recent picket organized in Kharkiv against a believed visit by Patriarch Filaret was in breach of Ukrainian law, an affront tothe religious feelings of many worshippers, and a very dangerous precedent
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