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BELARUS: Top official says "no change" to harsh Religion Law

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MOLDOVA: Will new Religion Law end arbitrary legal status denials?

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Moldavian president refuses to sign a law on cults making no reference to Orthodoxy as traditional religion in Moldavia

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MOLDOVA: Controversial Religion Law suddenly rushed through Parliament

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MOLDOVA: New Religion Law to be passed in early February?

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Ukraine Parliament Rejects Bill Allowing Religious Organizations to Start Schools

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Belarus/Ukraine

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Archive

September 1
- BELARUS: More obstacles to public religious events by Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service
November 23
- New Belarus Law Codifies Rising Religious Repression by Michael Wines, NY Times
November 18
- New Belarus Religion Law 'Repressive,' Watchdog Group Says By Lawrence Morahan, CNSNews.com
November 1
- U.S. Deplores Belarussian Law on Religions Reuters
October 31
- Belarus president signs restrictive religions law AP
October 4
- New Religion Law May Be Restrictive, But It's Not All That Unusual by Don Hill, Radio Free Europe
October 3
- Belarus to Impose Strict Curbs on Religion Washington Post
- Minority denominations ask Lukashenko to veto restrictive religion law AP
October 2
- Upper house of Belarusian parliament approves broad restrictions on religion AP
August 9
- Coalition of religious and human rights groups calls on Belarus lawmakers to reject new religion law AP
June 27
- Belarus adopts religion law despite criticism by minority faiths by Yuras Karmanau, AP
June 26
- Belarus parliament puts off second reading of controversial religion law AP
June 25
- U.S. Embassy condemns proposed religion law in Belarus by Yuras Karmanau, AP
June 16
- Protestants in Belarus pray against what they call discriminatory religion bill AP