Religion and Politics

Russia’s Failure to Protect Freedom of Religion

At The Moscow Times, Katrina Lantos Swett and Robert George argue that the U.S. “should continue to hold Russia accountable” for its human rights abuses, particular those involving religious freedom. Swett and George, members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, write, “Over the past decade, the Kremlin has exploited legitimate security concerns about violent religious extremism by restricting the rights of nonviolent religious minority members.”

Read at The Moscow Times

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