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To: Uncle Lonny

So in the Ukraine there is no freedom of religion, no freedom of speech and no free press. Do I have that correct?


86 posted on 07/09/2023 4:54:18 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jpsb
So in the Ukraine there is no freedom of religion, no freedom of speech and no free press. Do I have that correct?

You don't have the "freedom" in Ukraine to belong to a pro-russian party or the "freedom" to belong to the Orthodox Moscow Patriarch, who has told his followers that "sacrifice in the course of carrying out your military duty washes away all sins."

All other Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Muslims are free to practice their faith, unlike in russian occupied areas.

Occupying forces have closed down the three largest evangelical Protestant churches in Melitopol and shut down churches in Mariupol. In another raid, pro-Russian soldiers reportedly claimed that only one faith would be tolerated – Orthodoxy.

Russian troops raided Grace Baptist Church in Melitopol while a worship service was underway, shut it down and ordered the pastor to leave the city.

Hyun Sook Foley described the raid on Grace Baptist Church on September 11:

‘They entered the sanctuary while the congregation was singing a hymn, halted the worship service, registered the names of all present and detained several ministers.’ She says the occupiers also gave the pastor Mikhail Brisyn just 48 hours to get out of the city.

https://releaseinternational.org/ukraine-occupying-forces-close-churches-arrest-pastors/

89 posted on 07/09/2023 7:40:34 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: jpsb

And if you disagree with Zelensky, you get thrown into prison or killed like Gonzalo Lira.

Even Putin let Progozhin go free.


102 posted on 07/09/2023 10:15:57 AM PDT by dforest
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