Religion in secular society
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Here we publish some related articles and papers in English.
Last annual reports were printed in our papers collections: on 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
Representatives
from unregistered Evangelical Christian-Baptist churches have appealed to the
Russian president protesting against a new bill, which in their opinion
“encroaches on citizens’ rights to freedom of conscience and religion.”
21.04.2014 - 12:56
On March 20th, 2014, the Russian
government confirmed a bill “On amending Federal Law ‘On freedom of conscience
and religious associations’ and abrogating provisions of certain legislative
acts of the Russian Federation”, and made the decision to submit the bill to
the Duma. The change primarily drops the requirement
to confirm that a religious group has existed for at least 15 years in order to
be registered as a religious organization.
14.04.2014 - 14:40
Ilkhom Merazhov and Kamil Odilov have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.
17.02.2014 - 16:04
This is the latest annual report by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis on freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation.
10.05.2017
SOVA Center
for Information and Analysis presents its seven annual report on the freedom of
conscience in the Russian Federation.
15.04.2016
On request of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, Alexander Verkhovsky, Director at the SOVA Information and Analytical Centre (Moscow, Russia), reflects on the place and perception of religion in the modern Russian society.
01.02.2016
On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the central organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization and banned it along with 395 local religious organizations. The decision of the Supreme Court you can see here.
21.09.2017
SOVA Center
for Information and Analysis took part in the 2015 OSCE Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting in Warsaw (September 21 – October 2). Here we
publish
the report made by the center’s speakers at sessions "Fundamental Freedoms II" on
September 30, 2015.
30.09.2015
SOVA Center
for Information and Analysis took part in the 2015 OSCE Supplementary
Human
Dimension Meeting (SHDM) in Vienna (July 2-3). Here we publish the
report made
by the center’s speakers at working session "Freedom of Religion or
Belief and fostering mutual respect and understanding in the OSCE area -
opportunities
and challenges"
on July 2, 2015.
03.07.2015