MINELRES: Keston News Service Summary: 1-4 & 7-11 October 2002
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE � SUMMARY 1-4 & 7-11 October 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and on
religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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BELARUS: EUROPE'S MOST REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW GOES TO FINAL VOTE (1
Oct)
BELARUS: "TRADITIONAL FAITHS". THE REST OVER REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW? (1
Oct)
BELARUS: EUROPE�S MOST REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW GOES FOR FINAL SIGNATURE
(3 Oct)
BELARUS: HOW MANY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES WILL BE DRIVEN UNDERGROUND? (3
Oct)
RUSSIA: FIVE MORE U.S. PROTESTANTS DENIED ENTRY (4 Oct)
OXFORD THEOLOGICAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2003-4
UZBEKISTAN: WERE PASTOR'S MYSTERIOUS VISITORS FROM FORMER KGB? (3 Oct)
UZBEKISTAN: WERE PASTOR'S MYSTERIOUS VISITORS FROM FORMER KGB?
by Igor Rotar, Keston News Service
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BELARUS: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON PRESIDENT TO VETO REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW (8
Oct)
BELARUS: LEADERS OF UNREGISTERED GROUPS "WILL BE FINED" (9 Oct)
BELARUS: MINSK PROTESTANTS WARNED HOME RELIGIOUS SERVICES ARE "ILLEGAL"
(9 Oct)
BELARUS: WHAT HOPE FOR TRUE ORTHODOX PARISHES? (11 Oct)
TAJIKISTAN: OFFICIALS DENY MOSQUE CLOSURES DESPITE THE EVIDENCE (10 Oct)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
by Dr Philip Walters. A talk on the BBC World Service's 'World Update'
programme, broadcast this morning. You may listen to the programme via
the internet at any time until 10.00Z on Monday morning at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/world_update.shtml
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