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According to the Ukrainian Institute for Religious Freedom, there have been abductions, torture and extrajudicial executions of members of various religious communities in the Russian-occupied territories since 2014. Corresponding human rights violations have increased further since the expansion of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022. [9]
Related legislation; The Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" regarding the name of religious organizations (associations) that are part of the structure (are part of) a religious organization (association), management center (management) which is located outside of Ukraine in a state recognized by law as ...
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнська Рада Церков і релігійних організацій), shortly AUCCRO or UCCRO, is an organisation associating religious communities of Ukraine. Founded in 1996 for coordination of inter-church dialogue and participation in ...
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law a bill banning religious groups with ties to Russia Saturday, Ukraine’s Independence Day. The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...
Ukraine on Friday banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian ...
A new law could further divide Orthodox Christians in the war-torn country.
On 2 December 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered a bill to the Verkhovna Rada that would officially ban all activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) UOC in Ukraine. [54] In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom by American non-profit Freedom House. [55]
On 20 August 2024, the Verkhovna Rada banned the Russian Orthodox Church by adopting the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations". Ukrainian religious organizations affiliated with the ROC will have nine months to break off its relations with the Patriarchate of Moscow ...