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The ministry also drew attention to the calls voiced by Baltic politicians for the deportation of ‘disloyal’ Russians, and for restricting visits to Europe for Russians
Protestants say secret police encouraged a former church member to lodge a suit against New Life Church – now in court in Pavlodar - claiming back pay and compensation for moral damages for volunteer work in a rehabilitation centre. "This is not a state campaign against the Church," a local religious affairs official claimed, though the individual met officials and a state-backed anti-"sect" centre. Jehovah's Witnesses are appealing a decision awarding large "compensation" to two former members. An assessment of their literature, claiming it caused psychiatr...
Torture. The execution of civilians. Unlawful detentions. Enforced disappearances. Targeting civilians. Victim-activated booby traps. The rape of women. The rape of children. The killing of journalists. The targeting of hospitals, of schools. The use of cluster munitions. Shallow graves. The...
Without facilities at Gomel's Living Faith Church, Pastor Dmitry Podlobko held river baptisms in late 2021 without state permission. He was fined two days' average wage and his Church was warned. So he held baptisms in July 2022 in his garden. Police summoned him and a court fined him two weeks' average wage. Asked whether Podlobko would have been punished had he and his friends been swimming, Police Chief Vasili Kravtsov responded: "They weren't swimming in the pool. This was a religious ritual. They are completely different."
The principle of the prohibition of discrimination has many different definitions, which have emerged under various international conventions to which…