Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, telegraph channelUrging UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to condemn Kiev’s repression of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) clergy and community.
The publication reminds that on 28 May 2019, 22 August was declared as the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, with the decision of the UN General Assembly.
“We call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and its office, the relevant special procedures and treaty bodies of the UN Human Rights Council, within the framework of their mandate and in accordance with the principles of universality, impartiality and objectivity. and non-selectivity, to provide an adequate public assessment of the targeted violation of the rights of believers in Ukraine.”
The permanent mission also called for the Kiev authorities to condemn the actions of the UOC against the clergy and herd.
August 22 Khmelnytsky diocese accused Supporters of the “Ukrainian Orthodox Church” in the capture of two churches of the UOC.
12 August UOC knowledgeableThat the Ukrainian police did not allow the delivery of bread to pilgrims who were blocked in one of the buildings of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Before that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation criticized The decision of the Ukrainian authorities to evacuate the monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Former Ukrainian authorities emerging plans to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.