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  • Filed in: United Nations   |   by Tiffany Barrans   |   4:56 PM Mar. 23, 2012

    ACLJ: Protecting Religious Freedom Here and Abroad

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    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

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    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

    A tourist tent stands in front of an Russian Orthodox church in Lesosibirsk town

    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 Tiffany Barrans   |   3:51 PM Sep. 21, 2011

    U.S. State Department Report Heavily Relies on Slavic Centre for Law & Justice

    You know the American Center for Law and Justice and the battles we fight daily to preserve religious freedom in the United States, but do you know that our affiliate international offices fight similar battles around the globe? Our affiliate office, the Slavic Centre for Law and Justice (SCLJ), has been actively pursuing religious freedom in Russia since 1993. Recently, the U.S. State Department recognized the SCLJ's important work and its reliability as Russia's premier experts in the field of religious liberties. Last week, the Department published a report on Religious Freedom and heavily relied on the work of the SCLJ for its findings. The report acknowledged that the status of religious freedom in Russia is steadily worsening. Although Russia promotes religious equality on the books, in practice, the government discriminates against minority religions. Under the guise of fighting religious extremism, the government persecutes non-orthodox faiths, including Baptists, Pentecostals   Continue Reading...

 
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