Keston News Service summary, March 4-15: content
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KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE – SUMMARY 4-8 March 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and
on religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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ARMENIA: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, OSCE WELCOME ACQUITTAL (7 Mar)
AZERBAIJAN: BAPTIST LIQUIDATION HEARING POSTPONED AGAIN (7 Mar)
CHINA/XINJIANG (SPECIAL REPORT): "FOREIGNERS SHOULD NOT PREVENT US
PRAYING," SAY LOCAL MUSLIMS (8 Mar)
KAZAKHSTAN: CONTROVERSIAL RELIGION LAW SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL
(6 Mar)
KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER FINES FOR UNREGISTERED BAPTISTS (6 Mar)
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: OFFICIALS REFUSE TO DISCUSS BAPTIST DEPORTATION (7
Mar)
RUSSIA: LANDMARK CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION VINDICATES SALVATION
ARMY (4 Mar)
UPDATE TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT.
KESTON NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL REPORT
Friday 8 March 2002
CHINA/XINJIANG: "FOREIGNERS SHOULD NOT PREVENT US PRAYING," SAY LOCAL
MUSLIMS
by Igor Rotar, Keston News Service
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KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE – SUMMARY 11-15 March 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and
on religion in
communist and post-communist lands.
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AZERBAIJAN: WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO RELIGIOUS RE-REGISTRATION (11
Mar)
AZERBAIJAN: OSCE PLANNING REVIEW OF RELIGION REQUIREMENTS (11 Mar)
AZERBAIJAN (SPECIAL REPORT): BELIEVERS UNHAPPY OVER STATE COMMITTEE'S
"ILLEGAL" DEMANDS (13 Mar)
AZERBAIJAN: WHY DO TEACHERS ASK CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR FAITH? (13 Mar)
AZERBAIJAN (SPECIAL REPORT): CATHOLICS PLEAD FOR END TO VISA PROBLEMS
(14 Mar)
AZERBAIJAN (SPECIAL REPORT): BELIEVERS OBJECT TO RELIGIOUS CENSORSHIP
(15 Mar)
CHINA/XINJIANG: ORTHODOX "LOSE HOPE" OF OWN CHURCH (13 Mar)
RUSSIA: BAPTIST CHURCH BREAKS UP FAMILIES, AGREES COURT (15 Mar)
Friday 15 March
RUSSIA: BAPTIST CHURCH BREAKS UP FAMILIES, AGREES COURT
by Geraldine Fagan, Keston News Service
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