MINELRES: Keston News Service Summary: 17 – 22 November 2002

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KESTON NEWS SERVICE SUMMARY  17 – 22 November 2002

Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and on
religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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BELARUS: CATHOLICS AWAIT TRIAL FOR ANTI-RELIGION LAW PROTEST (19 Nov
2002)

GEORGIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO CONCORDAT (22 Nov)

KYRGYZSTAN: MUSLIM LEADERS DENY LITERATURE LICENSING IS CENSORSHIP (18
Nov)

RUSSIA: EX-KGB RENEWS INTEREST IN RELIGION (18 Nov 2002)

UZBEKISTAN: PRISONERS PUNISHED FOR OBSERVING RAMADAN (19 Nov)

UZBEKISTAN: TEN DAYS IN PRISON FOR BAPTIST HOUSE CHURCH LEADER (21 Nov)

UZBEKISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESS FACES TRIAL, DESPITE INVESTIGATOR'S
PROMISES (22 Nov)


RUSSIA: EX-KGB RENEWS INTEREST IN RELIGION
(18 Nov 2002)
by Geraldine Fagan, Keston News Service

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