MINELRES: Keston News Service Summary: 9-13 & 16-18 December 2002
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE SUMMARY 16 - 18 December 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and on
religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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BULGARIA: MINORITIES OBJECT TO RELIGION BILL (17 Dec)
BULGARIA: RELIGION BILL FAVOURS ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE (17 Dec)
GEORGIA: CHURCH BUILDING REFUSAL IS "CONCORDAT IN ACTION" (17 Dec)
MOLDOVA: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES WORRIED BY DRAFT RELIGION BILL (18 Dec)
TURKMENISTAN: AMNESTY FAILS TO FREE RELIGIOUS PRISONERS (18 Dec)
UKRAINE: COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (18 Dec)
18 December 2002
TURKMENISTAN: AMNESTY FAILS TO FREE RELIGIOUS PRISONERS
by Felix Corley, Keston News Service
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE SUMMARY 9 - 13 December 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and on
religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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BELARUS: HOW MANY CONSTITUTE AN ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS MEETING? (13 Dec)
RUSSIA: HOW WILL FOREIGNERS' LAW AFFECT RELIGIOUS WORKERS? (9 Dec)
RUSSIA: ARE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY? (11
Dec)
UZBEKISTAN: "MILD" SENTENCE FOR NAVOI JEHOVAH'S WITNESS (9 Dec)
UZBEKISTAN: DOUBLE FINE FOR BAPTIST PASTOR (10 Dec)
UZBEKISTAN: BAPTIST CHURCH REJECTS OFFICIALS' CLOSURE CAMPAIGN (12 Dec)
13 December 2002
BELARUS: HOW MANY CONSTITUTE AN ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS MEETING?
by Felix Corley, Keston News Service
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