Religious Freedom in Occupied Ukraine

Russia has damaged or destroyed more than 630 religious sites in occupied Ukraine since February 2022: Orthodox churches affiliated with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Catholic parishes (both Roman and Ukrainian Greek Catholic), Protestant houses of worship, Jewish synagogues, and Muslim mosques. Clergy across denominations have been arrested, tortured, and in dozens of documented cases killed in occupied territories. The Russian state has imposed mandatory re-registration of religious organizations in occupied areas, effectively banning faith communities that refuse subordination to the...

Key ask

Urge your representative to cosponsor H.R. 8433 and your senators to cosponsor S. 4379, the Countering Russia's War on Faith Act. Both ask the State and Defense Departments to report on Russia's religious persecution in Ukraine within 120 days of enactment, mandate targeted sanctions on perpetrators, and support Russia's designation as a Country of Particular Concern under the International...

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