Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk called for the creation of a mechanism that will protect religious affairs in the country from Russian influence. His words were quoted by the Ukrainian publication Ukrinform.
On October 19, 2023, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted in the first reading a bill allowing the banning of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). According to Stefanchuk, the bill is currently under consideration in the Rada Committee on Humanitarian Aid and Information Policy.
Last week, it became known that since February 2022, almost a thousand communities of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) have been operating. transferred He joined the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
At the presentation of OHCHR’s latest report on Ukraine on December 19, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk touched upon the actions taken by the country’s authorities against the UOC and the draft law that foresees the closure of religious organizations affiliated with Russia. Federation is against freedom of religion and international law.
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Source: Gazeta
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