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12 September 2019 BELARUS: New possible fines for unapproved worship |
27 August 2019 BELARUS: "Unaffordable" police fees stop Greek Catholic pilgrimage |
11 March 2019 BELARUS: Officials bar priest's return, church's registration |
12 December 2018 BELARUS: Fined for singing, offering religious literature |
11 December 2018 BELARUS: Order not to register new religious communities? |
13 June 2018 BELARUS: State official vetoes foreign Orthodox, Catholic priests |
6 December 2017 BELARUS: Maltreated, fined for offering religious literature |
The court in Lepel has repeatedly fined local Baptists since mid-October for singing and offering Christian books to passers-by near the town market. After detaining two church members, police injured the face of one and put handcuffs so tightly on another that his hands went numb. Their complaint is with the Investigative Committee. |
5 June 2017 BELARUS: Priest forced out after 10 years |
After 10 years' service as a parish priest Fr Robert Maciejewski was forced to return to his native Poland because Belarus' senior state religious affairs official refused the Catholic bishop's request to extend state permission for him to continue religious work. |
7 December 2016 BELARUS: State blocks parish priest nomination |
Senior state religious affairs official Leonid Gulyako rejects Catholic Bishop's request for Russian priest Fr Klemens Werth to serve in Vitebsk parish, the latest foreign priest refused state permission. Bobruisk officials warn Baptists if further foreigners participate in worship their church will be liquidated. |
3 August 2016 BELARUS: "Alternative service exists, not for me" |
Brest Regional Court unconstitutionally rejected an appeal by 21-year-old Jehovah Witness conscientious objector Viktor Kalina against his conviction and large fine for refusing to do military service. The appeal rejection came one week before Belarus' Alternative Service Law came into force on 1 July. |
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