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Filed in: United Nations | by Tiffany Barrans | 4:56 PM Mar. 23, 2012
ACLJ: Protecting Religious Freedom Here and Abroad
Earlier this week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2012 report highlighting religious liberty issues in 25 countries. The report recommends to the President various changes to U.S. foreign policy to ensure that the U.S. make religious freedom a top priority of our government when dealing with some of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedom. In preparation for the report the Commission, commonly referred to as USCIRF, requested the ACLJ submit a re Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 10:05 AM Mar. 2, 2012
SCLJ Urges Russian Action to Save Pastor Youcef’s Life
The ACLJ has been directly engaged with our international affiliates worldwide as part of our aggressive effort to save the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. This week, the Slavic Centre for Law and Justice, the ACLJ’s Russian affiliate, sent a letter to the Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, informing him about the plight of Pastor Youcef and calling for him to use his influence in Russia and Iran to secure his release. The letter appeals to Russia’s Continue Reading...
Filed in: United Nations | by Tiffany Barrans | 10:46 AM Feb. 17, 2012
Major SCLJ Court Victory for Churches and Rule of Law in Russia
The Slavic Centre for Law and Justice (SCLJ) – the Russian affiliate of the ACLJ – has won a major victory for churches and the rule of law in an area of the world where churches still face heavy regulation from the state. The SCLJ won a case before the Constitutional Court of Russia that will help prevent prosecutors from filing frivolous lawsuits against churches and other citizens. As the SCLJ noted, in Russia, it is critical that “[e]ach action brought against the Church Continue Reading...
Filed in: United Nations | by Anna Sekulow | 10:59 AM Jan. 3, 2012
Russian Protesters Organize Online
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow in response to the December fourth elections. One of the protests drew a crowd of approximately 100,000 people, the largest since the fall of the Soviet Union over twenty years ago. The protesters believe former President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Party, United Russia, would not have done as well in parliamentary elections if it weren't for vote manipulation. Dissatisfaction with the electoral system is not exactl Continue Reading...
Filed in: United Nations | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM Sep. 23, 2010
ECHR Should Consider Religious Freedom Case From Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to consider an application from the Slavic Centre for Law and Justice (SCLJ) to determine if it will take a crucial religious freedom case in Russia. It's been a lengthy process. And, now, after two-and-a-half years, the ECHR will determine if it should review this closely-watched case. Here's a report filed by the SCLJ on this vital case: Almost 20 years ago, the Biblical Centre of the Chuvash Republic was registered as a religious organization in Russia, but the fate of this religious organization has been under attack. In 1996, the Centre opened a Bible school to train leaders for the church. On Sundays, during regular church services, parents in the church also took turns teaching Bible lessons to children at Sunday school. But in 2007, a town prosecutor became suspicious of the religious activity and conducted inspections of the Centres premises under the auspices of fire and safety control. After repeated inspections, th Continue Reading...
