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European Court finds Russia violated religious rights of Catholics, others in its 2014-22 war with Ukraine
August 06, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The European Court of Human Rights found that Russia violated a human rights treaty during the War in Donbas (2014-22), the war between Russia and Ukraine preceded the 2022 Russian invasion.
In its opinion, the court cited “attacks on Protestant, Mormon and Roman Catholic churches,” as well as the “intimidation, harassment and persecution of religious groups aside from the UOC-MP” [the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)].
Russia withdrew from the human rights treaty, the European Convention on Human Rights, in 2022.
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