Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Friday, July 19, 2024

Russian Court Bans Online Sale of Souvenir Toilet Paper: Depiction Offends Feelings of Religious Believers

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Moscow Times and Vyorstka  reported yesterday that a Russian District Court in Moscow has banned the offering on four websites in Russia of...
Friday, June 07, 2024

Russian Court Places Pro-Putin Witch in Pre-Trial Detention

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The English language  Moscow Times reports on a hearing held in a Russian court this week, saying in part: A Moscow court on Thursday reman...
Monday, July 31, 2023

New Ukrainian Law Moves Christmas To EDec. 25, Rejecting Russian Orthodox Date

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  AP reports that last Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that moves the date on which Ukraine will celebrate Chr...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

USCIRF Holds Hearing on Russian Violation of Religious Freedom Through Its Invasion of Ukraine

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Last Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a virtual hearing on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Implicati...
Thursday, March 09, 2023

European Court Says Russian Regulation of Proselytizing Violated Human Rights Convention

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In  Ossewaarde v. Russia , (ECHR, March 7, 2023), the European Court of Human Rights held that legal restrictions imposed by Russia in 2016 ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

European Court Says Russia Violated Rights of Same Sex Couples Who Were Denied Marriage Registration

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In Fedotova and Others v. Russia , (ECHR, Jan. 17, 2023), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that Russia violated ...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

European Court Says Russia Violated Rights of Jehovah's Witnesses

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In a 6-1 Chamber Judgment in  Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia ,  (ECHR, June 7, 2022), the European Court of Human Rights held that Russia...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Three Chabad Rabbis Are On Russia's List Of Those Banned From Travel To Russia

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As reported by Axios , Russia last Saturday released a list of 963 Americans  who are banned from traveling to Russia in retaliation for Ame...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

NYT Details Russian Orthodox Patriarch's Important Support For Invasion Of Ukraine

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The New York Times yesterday posted a long article detailing the crucial support given by Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill I...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

U.S. Sanctions On Russia May Lead To Chabad Recovering Assets In Suit Over Return Of Jewish Library Collection

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As previously reported , in 2013 the D.C. federal district court held the Russian government and three of its agencies in civil contempt for...
Monday, March 21, 2022

USCIRF Warns of Religious Oppression By Russians In Ukraine

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Last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release warning that Russia will likely target religious c...
Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Sanctions On Russian Financial Firm Leads Counsel To End Representation In Litigation Over Recovery Of Jewish Books From Russia

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As previously reported , for nearly two decades Agudas Chasidei Chabad has been attempting to recover from the Russian government two exprop...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Putin's Grievances Include Split In Ukraine's Orthodox Churches

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As the world's attention is focused on Russia's claims on Ukraine, there has been less reporting on the tensions between Russian and...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

European Court Says Russia Violated Rights of Krishna Movement, Vaishnavism and Unification Church

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As reported by Courthouse News Service , yesterday in Chamber Judgments, Russia lost two separate freedom of religion cases in the European ...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Russia Labels Church of Scientology As "Undesirable" Organization

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As reported by the Moscow Times , last Friday the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation designated the Church of Sciento...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

European Court Says Russia Violated Convention In Refusing To Register Same-Sex Unions

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In Fedotova and Others v. Russia , (ECHR, July 13, 2021), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Russia violated...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Sues Prison Officials To Obtain A Quran

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According to reports from  AP  and The Hill , imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is suing prison officials to obtain access...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Chabad Moves One Step Closer To Recovering Sanctions Against Russia In Attempt To Repatriate Library

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Agudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States v. Russian Federation , (D DC, Nov. 6, 2020), is the latest decision in a long-running attempt b...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Russia Continues To Prosecute For Failure of Religious Groups To Display Full Official Names

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 Forum 18 reported yesterday: Religious organisations in Russia continue to be prosecuted for not showing their full official names on lite...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Russian Court Sentences Jehovah's Witness To 6½ Years In Prison

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Forum 18 reports that in the Russian city of Pskov, a trial court has sentenced a 61-year old Jehovah's Witness to 6½ years imprisonmen...