Wednesday, January 25, 2017

#RUSSIA: High Court Could Rule Soon On Constitutionality Of Controversial Anti-Missionary Law

[world politics news]


Russia's Supreme Court could rule in the coming weeks on the legality of a controversial law banning evangelism by Western missionaries. Don Ossewaarde, a Baptist American Missionary charged and fined for holding a Bible study, appealed his $600 fine, imposed after a police raid. The law, which makes certain “religious activities” like distributing Bibles, evangelizing and holding house churches, potentially illegal, has been widely condemned as a violation of Russia's Constitution.

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