13/09/2017
World-renowned Ukrainian academic and advocate for inter-faith dialogue, Ihor Kozlovskyy has been imprisoned in the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ since January 2016 because he remained in Donetsk to care for his disabled son. This is hardly a proper reason, but then neither are the absurd...
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04/05/2017
After holding well-known academic Ihor Kozlovskyy prisoner for well over a year, the Kremlin-backed militants of the so-called Donetsk people’s republic [DPR] have now ‘sentenced’ him to nearly 3 years’ imprisonment. The 63-year-old religious scholar was ‘convicted’ by a DPR military court of...
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03/02/2017
"It was an awful situation. Many were dead, many injured when I arrived in the square. Some priests and I tried to identify who among the dead were Christians and Muslims so that we could perform last rites and prayers. The dead kept coming," he says. "That was the evening of February 20th....
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19/08/2014
A missile hit Donetsk Cathedral Mosque “Akhat’-Jami” during the shelling on August 16. It broke through the central dome and exploded inside the building. Fortunately, the prayer hall was empty at that moment, so there were no injuries.
Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “Umma...
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12/06/2014
Inauguration of the newly-elected President of Ukraine Mr. Petro Poroshenko took place on Saturday, July 7. The winner of the early presidential elections swear an oath an a solemn ceremony which started at 10 AM.
Stabilization of the situation in the East and returning Crimea were in the new...
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25/05/2014
A group of 15 supporters of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” attacked the Prayer tent situated in the city’s centre on the day of May 23.Two people were on duty in the tent at that time. The terrorists threatened the praying people that “we’ll shoot down all of you if you gather here...
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22/05/2014
Foreign students and national minorities in Donbass, who started worrying due to the separatists’ actions, hope for stability to be reached after the Presidential election on May 25.
Mr.Said Ismagilov, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, noted that the attitude towards...
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21/05/2014
Jews, Tatars, Roma, Turks, Africans, Arabs, Azerbaijanis... all feel uneasy and possibly at risk in the turmoil of eastern Ukraine. The Independent reports on increasing tensions in an area where persecution is woven into history.
Donetsk has historically been a cosmopolitan city. Founded in the...
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20/05/2014
Mourning Meetings, flashmobs and prayers were organized in many Ukrainian cities on May 18 in order to pay the tribute to the memory of the victims of deportation of Crimean Tatar people. People gathered at central squares of their cities at both West and East of the country to voice their support...
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25/04/2014
OSCE Observation Mission for early Presidential Elections of 2014 is concerned about the current situation in Donbass where gypsies and jews are under growing threat, so the Mission questions safety for the rest of the ethnic and religious minority of the region.
Its’ representatives, Mr. Wolfgang...
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