Religious Freedom Moves Forward In Geogian Republic

Adventist News Network reported yesterday on a new religious freedom initiative in the Republic of Georgia. Leaders met on Oct. 23 to lauch the Georgian Religious Liberty Association. The new organization was created after the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the International Religious Liberty Association urged that this type of step be taken. Leaders of various faith communities, representatives of human rights organizations, and government officials, covered by national television, met to inaugurate the IRLA. The event included the participation by representatives of the Patriarchate of Georgia and by government Ombudsman Beka Mindiashvili.