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The excellent @forum18.bsky.social has a new report which finds serious violations of freedom of religion and belief & of associated human rights in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

These include "pressuring, kidnapping, torturing, jailing, & murdering religious leaders".

www.forum18.org/archive.php?...

Essay: Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #religiousfreedom #CentralAsia #Turkmenistan #Tajikistan #Kazakhstan #Kyrgyzstan #Uzbekistan #Forum18

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This question was not answered during #ChathamHouse event on #ReligiousFreedom in #Ukraine. So-called council of churches is subservient to Army&Government and would not dare to raise voice for mercy to imprisoned and tortured #ConscientiousObjectors to military service.

#Forum18 tried to ask, thx.

#UZBEKISTAN: Demands to reopen, not demolish, church and mosque. Urgench Council of Churches Baptist Church and Tashkent's Shaykhontohur District Imam al-Bukhari Mosque are being simultaneously demolished.

@forum18.bsky.social provides more info here:

www.forum18.org/archive.php?...

Whether you are religious or not, whether you consider yourself Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish or whatever else, I recommend following @forum18.bsky.social for important updates on violations of Freedom of Religion or Belief.